Gioconda Belli Quotes

Poetry for me is very easy. It's like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem comes into my head, and I just have to go to the page, to the typewriter, to the computer or whatever and write it.

Gioconda Belli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 9, 1948

Topics

PoetryMeFeelEasyGoPage

I never wanted to be a scientist.

Andrew Sean Greer

NeverWantedScientist

Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche.

Melissa Pritchard

LoveRomanticPowerfulFantasySeems

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

Tracey Gold

CarDriveWheelWillBecomeNever

There are just some really beautiful people in the world. When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.

Mary-Kate Olsen

SmileBeautifulPeopleWorldEye

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

Rosie O'Donnell

LosingDemocracyTryingRightNation

I want women, especially young women, to create a world where your success is not based on being young.

Mary Steenburgen

SuccessWomenWorldCreateYoung

It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.

Mira Nair

WinterDressMeAmericanLearnWay

There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

Jean Anouilh

LifeLoveEnemyCourseThen

I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar.

Don Johnson

MusicMeGuitarFeelYouDepend

I always kind of did my own thing, but it got me into trouble a lot, so I started listening to what people were telling me to do to show I was a team player.

Dolph Ziggler

PeopleMeTeamListeningTrouble

You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches.

Dennis Eckersley

LongYouTwoStickGoingJust

I used to teach at the Columbia journalism school, and I would tell my students that every book has to have a sentence that motivates it.

Alissa Quart

SchoolBookJournalismTeachTell

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