Erik Larson Quotes

I was a promiscuous reader. I loved Nancy Drew books and Tom Swift - never the Hardy Boys - but I also read Dumas, Dickens, Poe, Conan Doyle, and Cornelius Ryan's war books. As to favorite character: I'm torn between Nancy, on whom I had an unseemly crush, and Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo.

Erik Larson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 3, 1954

Topics

CharacterWarLovedNeverCount

I've always done method acting. I'm a method actor, and I've done that for years. I never did acting and decided to take it seriously because all the parts people want me to do were playing the pretty role. If I want to play someone pretty, I'll play myself.

Jessica White

MyselfPeopleMeSomeoneActing

Kate Mara is actually one of my really good friends.

Jenna Dewan

GoodFriendsGood FriendsActually

Oh gosh, I noticed dramatic changes in my body after I started doing yoga, but I also think you have to shake things up.

Jennifer Aniston

ThinkDoingYouBodyChangesUp

After you date a player or two it's nice to just chill with a guy that can keep it basic.

Angie Martinez

ChillYouNiceTwoGuyKeep

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

Steve Lacy

ImaginationPossibilitiesYouLimit

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

Ama Ata Aidoo

AgeTeacherMeCareerWhyKnowing

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

Mike Quigley

ChangeFightingWashingtonDNAYears

If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.

Martin Scorsese

StoryThinkStructureOpenWithin

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

Luka Modric

PositionPlayingFavourite

Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.

Lou Brock

LifeBattleYouPerfectGoWant

Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.

Jonathan Zittrain

ServiceGovernmentDetailsYouTell

I just don't think I'm very good at fiction.

Jon Ronson

GoodThinkFictionJustVery

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