David Foster Wallace Quotes

The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, 'then' what do we do?

David Foster Wallace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArtProblemRulesIronyOnceThen

I'm a child of the sixties. I grew up with a president who was a crook, who put us into the most unpopular war in history, who had no communication with people under thirty. I had seen the Symbionese Liberation Army and the Panthers and the Diggers; I understood what they were about.

Jerry Heller

CommunicationHistoryWarChildArmy

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

Jeremy Renner

BelieveFamousKnowNeverAnybody

Education is what you learn after you leave school.

Robert Kiyosaki

EducationSchoolLearnYouLeave

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

Maurice Baring

TalentGeniusContrastSeeMust

Artists need support, time and money to develop their ideas, and if people rip stuff off, you don't have to be that brilliant to figure out that you're ultimately going to affect the end product.

John Polson

TimeMoneySupportPeopleIdeasEnd

I think three-to-five years ahead minimum. I have a short-term plan, a five-year plan and a decade plan.

Steve Garvey

ThinkPlanAheadDecadeYears

Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that.

Tony Parker

ManBodyComplicatedMoreBisexual

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Rita Mae Brown

CommunicationPowerMoonLanguage

For inexperienced, small developers, getting funding from big game publishers can be a Sisyphean task.

Jason Schreier

SmallGameTaskBigDevelopers

I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.

Johnny Weir

GreatI AmPeopleBasketballWoods

There are three reasons why this book came into being. First, throughout the 33 years I've been writing recipes - although I'm not vegetarian myself - I have greatly enjoyed creating vegetarian recipes, and cooking and serving them at home.

Delia Smith

HomeMyselfCookingWritingBook

It's like Liverpool. Everybody went for the music. All the young musicians seemed to gravitate to Asbury Park.

Clarence Clemons

MusicMusiciansYoungParkLike

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