David Foster Wallace Quotes

What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is 'all it does' - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it.

David Foster Wallace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1962 - December 12, 2008

Topics

GoodPeopleThinkNumbersWantTV

There's no one right way to parent, and there's no magic combination of genders that produces the most well-adjusted child. We all do the best we can at loving our kids and building our families.

Jessica Valenti

BestChildBuildingParentMagic

I am in favor of high wages and agree that the higher the wages, the stronger the evidence of prosperity, provided (and that is the important point) they are so naturally, by the effectiveness of industry, and not in consequence of an inflated currency or any artificial regulation.

John C. Calhoun

I AmStrongerImportantProsperity

The fact that I'm on CNN today is something I never would have guessed as a 13-year-old - or any other age, for that matter.

Joel Burns

AgeTodayMatterNeverSomething

I was the kid who always hung back and then dropped the jokes when you least expected it. Timing was everything. My mouth sort of developed over time.

Jeff Ross

TimeYouMouthBackTimingKid

Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it.

Simon Callow

WorkPoetryHouseVisionaryJust

It wasn't so much destroying my dancing, it was destroying me.

Tracey Emin

MeDancingMuchDestroying

The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.

Tommy Chong

LieYourselfParentsDoingYouKnow

I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.

Robert Carlyle

LoveCharacterDetectiveSeries

Night is the best time to visit sewers, because the businesses dispelling the most waste are closed, and the flows are calmer.

Rose George

TimeBestNightBecauseWasteMost

All religions are, in some basic sense, irrational.

Louis Theroux

ReligionsSenseIrrationalBasic

I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement when I got home. And when it was over, I rewound it and immediately watched it again.

Jonathan Groff

HomeCityWoodsOverParkMall

I find inspiration by feeling like I haven't done or achieved anything. I push all songs I've written to the furthest part of my mind so I am not thinking of what I've done. I continue to think on what I need to do.

Poo Bear

I AmMindThinkThinkingPushFind

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