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Grace Paley Quotes

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007

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You Nothing Become Need Because

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.

Speak Interesting Wish Play More

I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a drag queen.

John Cameron Mitchell

Stars Queen Nice Kind Star Drag

Posting a brag, humble or otherwise, and then waiting for people to respond is the equivalent of having a conversation in which all you do is wait for your turn to speak.

Humble Waiting People Wait Speak

I don't mind tracksuits. At the track.

You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don't believe in anyway.

Yourself Stupid Believe You Should

I had a weird situation were someone used my name to extort money from a woman. He took her for 60 or 80 thousand dollars. He is in prison now. It was on Sally.

Money Woman Prison Name Weird Now

I'll sleep in my clothes sometimes. I sleep in my clothes all the time, actually - in my coat. I just hate getting changed for bed; I like the idea of falling asleep in a natural way.

Suki Waterhouse

Time Hate Sleep Clothes Sometimes

There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on further listen it's not as good as something they did a couple of years ago, but it's just not in their sights at that particular time.

Good Time Sometimes Excitement Years

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Baseball Consistency End Worry You

To me, it remains incomprehensible that a people who can design the Porsche 911 and sleek, white ice trains, who created the Bauhaus and speak at least three languages at birth, want to own twee Christmas figurines painted in gaudy colours, dress up in Bavarian lederhosen, and eat Haribo gummy bears.

Dress People Me Speak Design Ice

Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

Love Window World Curiosity Looking

I used to be pretty hard on myself, like, if I didn't like a haircut I did on someone, I would think about it a lot and second-guess myself. But after therapy and a lot of work, I know how to dust myself off a lot faster, and those things don't knock me down as much as they used to.

Jonathan Van Ness

Work Myself Me Haircut Think Down

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