Ethan Canin Quotes

The only successful way to write, and the only one I have found, is to be the character. Give up on trying to control them. Writers always talk about hearing voices. That's what they mean.

Ethan Canin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterControlTryingWayTalk

With my hours, I don't hang out with anybody. I work and come home to my Upper West Side apartment.

Joe Scarborough

WorkHomeOutApartmentSideHang

I'm pretty skeptical about Hollywood and its fascination with the sequel and the franchise.

Joel Edgerton

HollywoodPrettySkepticalFranchise

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Jean Paul

NatureGreatMountainsStormAir

All too many young people are receiving mixed messages and inaccurate information about drugs.

John Walters

PeopleInformationYoungYoung People

I like confusing people and challenging myself.

St. Lucia

MyselfPeopleConfusingLike

I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

Tony Campolo

WorkCommitmentCityWorldDoing

My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.

Rodney Dangerfield

WifeHappyYearsMetThenWere

I only talk to the press if it's to my advantage.

Mitch McConnell

TalkAdvantageOnlyPress

I hope in the end that people will remember what Reagan said: that if he could get 80 percent of what he wanted, you call it a win and move on.

Mitch McConnell

HopePeopleWinEndRememberYou

Everyone fears rejection.

Derek Jeter

RejectionEveryoneFears

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

Chris Evans

WomenDayEqualityMeSheFeminism

We need a country that embraces all, and rewards innovators, entrepreneurs, job creators, and hard-working people of all sorts.

Clark Durant

JobPeopleCountryNeedRewards

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