Charlaine Harris Quotes

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.

Charlaine Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 25, 1951

Topics

BookWriteAweHappenStartedGoing

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

Anna Deavere Smith

MirrorSocietySelfishBetterBeen

All countries have poor people. Yet it's a very rare country which understands the indignities of poverty, while education systems maintain the status quo. The children of the elite go to the best schools and get the best jobs, not because they are the best. We're not taking advantage of the intellectual power on this planet.

Ann Cotton

EducationPowerChildrenBestPeople

Every president since Nixon has embraced a policy of 'self-determination without termination' - the idea that Native Americans are best equipped to govern themselves. Trump is breaking with this position.

Tom Perez

BestPresidentPolicyWithoutIdea

Donald Trump - and I don't dislike Donald one single bit - has no idea how good the Mexican people are at building tunnels.

Ron White

GoodPeopleBuildingDonald Trump

Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.

Mitch Daniels

GoodGrowthTimeMoneyGovernment

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.

Mitt Romney

GreatnessAmericaWonderSometimes

I share my story to help other people. I know people need someone to be a role model and help them along the way.

Jazz Jennings

PeopleStorySomeoneHelpRole Model

My favorite monster has always been the zombie. They are so much fun. They can be scary, pathetic, sad, funny, tragic, even heroic. They are the most elastic monster because, even with all of that, they don't interfere with telling stories about the humans. They serve as threats and metaphors, but they allow the story to be about people.

Jonathan Maberry

FunnySadFunPeopleStoryMonster

I think that the ideal of men's physiques in general, gay or straight, is one of the most under-talked-about things ever. Ninety-five percent of these bodies that we're seeing, that we're striving so hard to look like, are genetically engineered - like, let's be very clear.

Jonathan Van Ness

MenThinkSeeingLookGayStriving

Theater is not to make a living, so I don't have the money pressure.

Dianne Wiest

MoneyPressureLivingMakeTheater

It's all about having fun and shooting something that you like. Where it goes afterwards is up to the movie gods.

Devon Bostick

FunHaving FunYouUpShootingLike

If we emit massive quantities of untested chemicals into the environment, some of them are bound to end up in places that surprise us, doing things that endanger us.

Donella Meadows

EndSurpriseEnvironmentDoingUp

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