Ethan Canin Quotes

The historical background is one of the easier aspects of writing a novel. Far more difficult is dreaming up the smaller, character-based scenes, scenes that rise entirely from one's own imagination.

Ethan Canin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 19, 1960

Topics

ImaginationWritingRiseDifficult

I have a lot of really good handlers.

Jessica Simpson

GoodLotReally

What's interesting is that some of the things I'm interested in talking about is a story which has to do with the second half of your life, which can be told through Hedwig's voice because she's older. If the timeline is consistent, she's as old as me.

John Cameron Mitchell

LifeMeVoiceStoryInterestingShe

What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people.

Michael Cimino

PeopleForgetStardomAcademy

I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.

Steven Wright

I AmEndDoingTelevisionBorn

Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to his own stupidity, or to his lack of discipline, according to the nature of the individual.

Robert Baden-Powell

NatureDisciplineAdventureStupidity

I love going to Rodeo Drive with my wife.

Jose Andres

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I've always been on the side of fully emancipated women with independent minds.

Diana Rigg

WomenIndependentMindsAlwaysSide

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.

Dick Thornburgh

IdentityWithoutSeekSovereignty

As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, how could you go wrong?

Colleen Atwood

HeartLawLovedDoingYouWrong

People come up to me and tell me how they were in a dark place and our music helped them out. It's mind-blowing. It's not just 'Rock Lobster' or 'Love Shack' - there's much more there.

Cindy Wilson

LoveMusicPeopleMeDarkPlace

I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege.

Boris Johnson

DonePrivilegeLondonYearsMayor

There's a whole group of people who are 100-plus and have no disease. Why?

Anne Wojcicki

PeopleGroupWhyWholeWhoDisease

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