David Means Quotes

Novels often thin themselves out to a watery hue - some even start that way - and at times seem to only ride along the surface of things, giving us what we already know, reporting the news that is just news.

David Means

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1961

Topics

RideStartGivingNewsKnowWay

My first celebrity crush was Jonathan Brandis. I even got to talk to him on the phone. I wrote a fan letter, and he answered. Talk about a surreal experience.

Jennifer Armentrout

ExperiencePhoneCelebrityTalkHim

Shooting all day in the rain is not where you want to be.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

RainDayYouWantShootingWhere

In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automation. I don't have an answer to that. That's one of the more perplexing problems of society.

John Sculley

PeopleSocietyProblemsAutomation

Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop.

Steve Yzerman

HopeBestTeamHockeyGrowWay

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Joseph Conrad

ManBondFriendsCountryMoralTalk

The term 'geek' for me is like you having a passion, interest in something that is unabashed and you don't care if people think it's not cool. You think it's cool and that's your thing.

Dominic Monaghan

PassionPeopleMeCoolThinkCare

It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.

Diana Wynne Jones

ChildGeniusLuckyKnows

I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say.

Colin Trevorrow

PeopleThinkSayMeanThey Say

Any tool can be used badly.

Conrad Wolfram

ToolUsedAnyBadly

I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.

Brad Thor

IdeasMoreFortunateLifetimeAble

CNN is destroying their franchise. They've become either the trial network or the story network.

Art Bell

StoryBecomeFranchiseEitherTrial

I happen to love engineering. I love figuring things out in a spatial sense, that whole realm of working with mechanical parts, and the relationship of the parts, and things like ratios and the speeds of particular objects.

Arthur Ganson

LoveRelationshipEngineeringOut

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