Teju Cole Quotes

I am suspicious of writers who say their work is original and influenced by nobody. If it is, it is probably uninteresting. The biggest source of novels is other novels.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: June 27, 1975

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I almost moved into a place over a funeral parlor. My father said, 'That's just too macabre,' but I thought I'd be embracing my mortality. I told him it would keep me grounded - like when people get skull tattoos.

Jennifer Connelly

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Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

John Donne

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Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.

Mavis Staples

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Making movies is really hard. It's a very complex process, with many, many variables.

Jeff Nichols

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When I'm making records, I like it to be quite fast. Don't let the band learn it too well.

Stevie Jackson

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Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

Rodger Ward

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I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at some of the epic writers of our country's history, very rarely do you find upper-class royalty. We seem to delve into the struggle of life and the labor of life much more frequently.

Lucas Neff

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Your fans, they count on you to make wise decisions and wise choices. That's why they're your fan base. If you continually let them down, they're going to go find someone else to be fans of.

Ludacris

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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

Jean de la Bruyere

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I think that during college, I would say I did not enjoy playing soccer.

Christen Press

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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

William Hurt

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I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

Peter Matthiessen

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