Teju Cole Quotes

I probably get a deeper satisfaction of having taken a very good photograph than of having written something very good, a very good story. Maybe it's because the element of magic is so present in a good photograph - luck and magic, but also hard work and being ready and all that.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHard WorkGoodLuckStoryHard

I was almost tragically shy, like, clinically. I should've been admitted somewhere. I think my parents knew, but maybe they didn't think much about it. It's hard walking the Earth shy. You miss out on a lot.

Joelle Carter

ParentsThinkWalkingYouEarthShy

When I was in my early twenties, I hoped one day to own a Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.

Michael Ashcroft

DayFaceEarlyEnemyOne DayOwn

I'm afraid of the dark, but I choose to sleep in the dark. I can fall right to sleep with the lights on. But I want to be someone who can sleep in the dark, so that's the choice that I make.

Amanda Lindhout

SleepSomeoneChooseFallChoice

I write things in my house, and hopefully there's a reader out there who enjoys it and has an experience with it, but that's very different than a performer on stage, where there's an immediate dance with the audience. It's incredibly powerful.

Stacey D'Erasmo

ExperienceDancePowerfulHouseOut

I'm just thankful for gigs.

Tony Hale

ThankfulJustGigs

I have never planned anything. 'Kung Fu Yoga' was also never planned or anything.

Disha Patani

NeverAnythingPlannedYogaKung Fu

It's interesting to hear what somebody does when they have no interest in playing by the rules.

Brad Paisley

InterestingRulesPlayingInterest

The greatest question of all is whether our experience on this planet is 'it' or whether there is something else. Things in the supernatural realm give support, strangely perhaps, to the things we take on faith.

Art Bell

FaithExperienceSupportQuestion

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

Anselm Kiefer

HistoryThinkingUnexpectedArtist

We are the poorest and weakest state in the world, occupying the lowest position in international affairs; the rest of mankind is the carving knife and the serving dish, while we are the fish and the meat.

Sun Yat-sen

WorldRestFishKnifeServingMeat

Balzac loved courtesans. They were independent women, and in the 19th century, that was a breed that was just evolving.

Twyla Tharp

WomenLovedIndependentEvolving

At one point, I had more friends on the Internet than I did in real life.

Rich Brian

LifeInternetFriendsMoreRealDid

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