Ellen Ullman Quotes

A computer is a general-purpose machine with which we engage to do some of our deepest thinking and analyzing. This tool brings with it assumptions about structuredness, about defined interfaces being better. Computers abhor error.

Ellen Ullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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  • Nationality: american

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The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

Jennifer Egan

BestMeBlindMessyFirstLine

My mom really instilled in me that I'm beautiful and I can do anything, and I echo that now with my own girls.

Jennie Garth

BeautifulMeMomI CanNowMy Own

Musical theatre history is littered with bad reviews for now classic pieces.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

HistoryTheatreBadNowClassic

Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

Jean Froissart

WorkTimePastForgeNobleAgain

Not everyone can lead worship.

Michael W. Smith

WorshipEveryoneLead

This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).

Michael Newdow

ReligionGovernmentOurShouldIssue

Crazy diets, good diets, you can't name one I didn't do.

Lisa Lampanelli

GoodCrazyNameYouDiets

I think some horror authors are trying to scare you, but with me, I'm as scared as the reader is of the story. I've always been that way, since watching the 'Twilight Zone' movie - watching 'Firestarter' when my parents were out, or sneaking out to watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' at a friend's house because I couldn't watch it at my house.

Josh Malerman

FriendParentsMeStoryThinkYou

There is nothing odder than to apply an analytical device to a synthetic phenomenon: for instance, to write in English about a Russian poet.

Joseph Brodsky

NothingWriteAnalyticalPoetApply

My morning routine is quite common: I have breakfast at home while reading the newspaper, I take a shower, get dressed, a spray of cologne, and I am ready to go!

Domenico Dolce

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My standing gig in college was playing the El Chico patio on Murfreesboro Road. I got $100, tips, and free quesadillas.

Chris Young

CollegeRoadFreeStandingPlaying

I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me to write other people's ideas.

Brian K. Vaughan

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