Theodore Sturgeon Quotes

I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and then wrote a letter to every other editor in the field warning them against the story, and urging them to reject it on sight without reading it.

Theodore Sturgeon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 26, 1918 - May 8, 1985

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WorldReadingStoryLostSightWell

The beautiful thing about writing with the person that you love is that when they come up with an idea that is great, it's this dual happiness because that's the partner and that's such a good idea, and I'm proud of you, and then also I'm really excited for the project.

Melissa Rauch

LoveGoodHappinessBeautifulGreat

You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.

Anderson Varejao

PracticeYouReadyPlayKnowNever

I'm as conservative as they come.

Matthew Vaughn

ConservativeCome

'The Secret Agent,' Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel about an anarchist plot to blow up the Royal Observatory at Greenwich - in fact, a scheme by a secret police agent to stir up a government backlash - has acquired a kind of cult status as the classic novel for the post-9/11 age.

Tom Reiss

AgePoliceGovernmentKindRoyalUp

When 'Nevermind' came out, my roommate had the CD. At first, I actually thought, 'This is too polished and commercial.' It was a little off-putting. But then I was like, 'This is the best music ever.' It felt so close to what I wanted to do.

Rivers Cuomo

MusicBestThoughtFirstOutLittle

My understanding, when I think of immigration, is like... you know, this country was built on immigrants: the German, the Polish, the Italian, the Jewish, the Russians, the Eastern Europeans. So, all these people came in, and I don't know who decided like, 'No, that's it! There's a cap on it! No more people.'

Michael Pena

PeopleThinkUnderstandingYouKnow

Music has no borders, which is most important.

Mohit Chauhan

MusicImportantBordersMostWhich

When I was told that I was being offered a role in 'Miss Julie,' I already knew I wanted to do it.

Logan Marshall-Green

MissBeingRoleKnewWantedJulie

Animals shouldn't suffer for the sake of beauty.

Drea De Matteo

BeautyAnimalsSufferSake

I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is exactly the way I wanted it to be.

Christopher Nolan

SatisfactionDoneWayMy OwnOwn

Any time you have a situation in which you are calling for more time rather than calling for Iraq to immediately comply, it plays into the hands of Saddam Hussein.

Condoleezza Rice

TimeHandsYouSituationMoreThan

At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places.

Peter Singer

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