Teju Cole Quotes

In 'Open City,' there is a passage that any reader of Joyce will immediately recognise as a very close, formal analogue of one the stories in 'Dubliners.' That is because a novel is also a literary conversation.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CityConversationWillOpenBecause

When you're on a submarine you're usually underwater for months at a time, and you don't get to Skype or make phone calls. When you get messages, they're maybe two sentences. They're very short.

Jessy Schram

TimeShortYouPhoneUnderwaterTwo

I'm a guy who shakes your hand and will never let you down. I have a code of honor and I don't lie.

Jerry Weintraub

LieHonorYouDownHandNever

I keep working with fairly inexperienced directors. You know, if you have a good crew, a good cameraman, you know, I know what I'm doing. If the actors know what they're doing, we can all pull together, and it works.

Jeremy Irons

GoodTogetherDoingYouKnowCrew

Skating, I think I was told once, is the second most expensive sport. My family's had to refinance three times - they really want to do anything that it takes for my dreams to come true. I hope to one day have a family that I can do that for and kind of give back in the same way that my family gave to me.

Jeremy Abbott

FamilyDreamsHopeDayMeThink

It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.

Robert Morgan

ExperienceLanguageYouCreateGo

The fans have always been die-hard and awesome. That's why we do a lot of the things we do.

Johnny Christ

WhyAlwaysAwesomeThingsFansBeen

There's a big gaping hole in the EDM space for songwriting. It's one thing to learn how to be a great sound designer and become big just on sound design. Especially if you're in the dubstep category, it's like, how much fatter and more interesting can you make those drops.

Steve Aoki

GreatSpaceDesignLearnInteresting

I don't think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi.

Tom Vilsack

FaceThinkPartyDemocraticNancy

Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper.

Mary Lou Williams

LoveMusicMeEndMusiciansHouse

But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals.

Lita Ford

NextLeadCourseStudioAlbum

Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of.

Josh Lucas

WorkTimeDayTravelEvery DayDown

It's important to keep winning games.

Diego Costa

WinningImportantGamesKeep

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