Ethan Canin Quotes

One of my favorite ways to find fictional inspiration, by the way, is to browse historical timelines. I also like world atlases - any country with a squiggly coastline seems to inspire me, as do visual dictionaries, those reclusive creatures of the reference shelf.

Ethan Canin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

Mel Torme

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I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to.

Angel Olsen

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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

Tony Blair

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By a twist of fate rather than anything approaching journalistic enterprise, I did the last major interview with Johnny Carson.

Tom Shales

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When I left art college, I was a still photographer for a year.

Roger Deakins

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A case of can't do with, can't do without, that's why I married him again.

Dionne Warwick

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In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with 'Dungeons and Dragons,' so that whole world-building thing is very close to my heart.

China Mieville

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Buffalo Wild Wings is always a good choice.

Brendon Urie

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I'm not sure I've ever been around anybody that wanted to win more or worked harder than Michael Jordan.

Bobby Knight

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Ryan Reynolds was my childhood crush. His name is all over the walls of my room. I actually Photoshopped myself into a picture with him my freshman year of high school.

Brianna Hildebrand

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I consider myself a court jester - motivator.

Richard Simmons

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I mean everybody's got ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. Everybody's got baggage.

Nina Dobrev

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