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Cynthia Ozick Quotes

I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and wider and more complex than our small subjective selves. One should prod, goad the imagination.

Cynthia Ozick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 17, 1928

Topics

Imagination World Small Think You

The Soviet Union had only one party. You couldn't express yourself freely; you couldn't admit belief in God. And yet this terrible regime understood that human beings have to express themselves, through music, even at a bad level. All kids studied music automatically, just as they did maths or languages or sport.

Andris Nelsons

Music God Yourself You Bad Party

With Freebass, there were no rules, really. It was all rather chaotic. Obviously, Hooky was playing the high end stuff, which he always does; Mani was doing the bottom end, and I thought I'd go midway and meet everyone in the middle.

Andy Rourke

Thought End Doing Rules Go Meet

If I love a comic but they have an off night, who am I to say they should have taken out this or added that? It doesn't work that way... I have no interest in hurting people's feelings.

Andy Kindler

Work Love People Night Feelings Say

Ever since I was a kid, I've always thought it very important to be happy inside. There's a lot of bad things happening in the world, but it's important to try to stay happy and appreciate what you've got, and don't look externally for the happiness.

Ana Ivanovic

Happiness Happy Be Happy World Look

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

Tori Amos

Alone Me Writing Play Living Room

Martha Stewart convinced me to have a business. She sometimes takes a very personal interest, and she kept saying, 'You have to open your own business,' and gave me chances. She took my cakes on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.' I met a lot of people through her.

Ron Ben-Israel

Business People Me Saying You She

I've been teaching classes on memoirs since 1986, and I've been reading them all my life, and I think that I would like to write a critical book that might have some of those how-to elements in it.

Mary Karr

Life Book Reading Think My Life

In my experience, young people fighting for the passage of the DREAM Act and to prevent the deportation of those who are eligible are among the most committed and fearless advocates for change in this country.

Luis Gutierrez

Change Experience People Fearless

I've said this a lot - I'm afraid to have girls! I've worked with kids before, and I just relate to boys better. I like their competitiveness and aggression: that's more my style. I'm still dead set on doing whatever I can to make sure I only have boys!

Derek Theler

Style Better Doing I Can Said Dead

I love my iPad Pro and my Apple pencil. They have changed the way I work in really cool ways.

Debbie Millman

Work Love Cool Apple Way Pencil

I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting.

David Thewlis

Myself Challenge Job Interesting

That's my biggest struggle, is maintaining a personal romantic relationship. It takes a lot of effort.

Chelsea Handler

Relationship Romantic Struggle Effort