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David Bergen Quotes

In 1970, at the age of 14, I entered a short story contest offering a grand prize of one dollar. I won. This was my first foray into writing fiction. I loved reading and thought that it shouldn't be so hard to write a story.

David Bergen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: January 14, 1957

Topics

Age Writing Reading Story Thought

I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.

Jill Clayburgh

Family Birthday Good Son Children

I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears or inspiration. Otherwise, why should I do it?

John Davidson

Live Simple Laughter People Song

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.

Robert Sheckley

Time Me Landscape Long Long Time

Freedom believes in education - the salvation of slavery is ignorance.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Education Freedom Ignorance Slavery

I, in fact, have been involved in the construction of and the management of wastewater treatment plants.

Jeff Miller

Plants Construction Management Been

Disney has made $2 billion on 'Grey's Anatomy.' I don't have $2 billion.

Shonda Rhimes

Grey Anatomy Made Billion Disney

We have too many actors for the jobs available.

Tony Randall

Available Many Jobs Too

The most valuable thing you can have as a leader is clear data.

Ruth Porat

Leader Data You Clear Valuable Most

I've never, ever in my life touched a photographer. Some of the cruellest things I've ever said have been to photographers who are chasing me down the street, some of the sharpest, most efficient emotional barbs. And they know that in that moment, in that one-to-one wit competition, they just got smashed.

Russell Crowe

Life Moment Competition Me My Life

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.

Joni Mitchell

Good Eyes Moment Song Problem You

I love playing bass. It's mostly what I play in Divine Fits.

Britt Daniel

Love Play Divine Playing Bass Fits

A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.

Anne Fortier

View Point Of View Conversation See