I respect women that have a voice and use it for a proper reason.
Betty Wright
Recitation: by Male by Female
I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.
Maya Angelou
GoodMusicBestPoetryBlackFind
I love Chicago, but in a lot of ways it's a disappointment. You can work there for years and years, and because you're in Chicago, you don't get the recognition. It has some of the best theater in the country, but when they shoot a movie there, they bring in all their actors.
John Malkovich
WorkLoveBestDisappointmentYou
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
Michael Hayden
FearDayNew DayIdeasNewNever
If Carter had been there when the AIDS crisis came up, it would have been a whole different story. It could have been treated like a legitimate disease.
Jean O'Leary
StoryCrisisUpDifferentDisease
My dad was a theater major, and he's acted, and he's done so much television and radio and film, and seeing how much fun he had doing that totally made me want to try.
Amber Stevens
FunMeDoingSeeingTelevisionDone
I had a book of essays out in 1997 in which I talked about the increasing virtuality of our lives. I've always been afraid of that in my own life.
Steven Heighton
LifeBookMy OwnAlwaysAfraidOut
My aesthetic is I love anything in the late 1800s, early 1900s.
Troy Nixey
LoveAestheticEarlyLateAnything
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.
Robert Benchley
ChildrenPetChildSmallWayDogs
When you ask a guy, 'Are you gonna take a fight if your opponent doesn't make weight?' Is it really asking? Does he really have a choice? When you back them into a corner like that, is there really a choice to be made?
Robert Whittaker
FightYouBackChoiceAskAsking
Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.
Roy Blount, Jr.
ArtCreativityGardeningMeWriting
I love to get people to sing and play together.
Jules Shear
LoveTogetherPeoplePlayGetSing
I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.
Josh Radnor
LifeReadingCareMy LifeBigPart
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