Raymond Carver Quotes

When I'm writing, I write every day. It's lovely when that's happening. One day dovetailing into the next. Sometimes I don't even know what day of the week it is.

Raymond Carver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 25, 1938 - August 2, 1988

Topics

DayWritingWeekEvery DaySometimes

We just believe when you have parental involvement, we are going to get a better bang for the buck, so to speak. And we also encourage parents to speak with their young people about the importance of safe driving. And also remind them, too, they cannot be distracted.

Jesse White

ParentsPeopleBelieveSpeakBetter

Since 2000, we have lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs, of which 500,000 jobs were in high-tech industries such as telecommunications and electronics.

Jerry Costello

LostManufacturingElectronicsSince

I collect old rusty hand tools and sharpen and polish them, then use them to build things out of walnut and cherry that I harvest from fallen trees in the woods.

John Grogan

WoodsTreesToolsHarvestHandOut

I enjoy theatre tremendously, and there's nothing like a live performance.

Melanie Rawn

LiveTheatrePerformanceEnjoyLike

There's tremendous shame with being bullied. I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out, that you're being chosen.

Matt Reeves

ThinkYouShameReasonOutLevel

Every summer, I regret that I didn't become a college teacher. Such a sweet life! With all that vacation time! You'll never get me to believe that being a tenured professor at a good college is anything but Heaven on earth.

Michael Dirda

LifeGoodTeacherTimeVacationMe

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

Ronnie Wood

NowTwoLivedHerGotUncles

A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it.

Mike Posner

MusicTimePeopleArtistCareerKid

I've had the good fortune of working with some amazing people. I mean, my first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.

Dennis Christopher

GoodPeopleAmazingTheatreLegend

I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.

Courtney B. Vance

TimeStoryKnowDoneAudienceTell

When you have heartbreak, what's important is that you don't go halfway. Go all the way down. Don't take pills that keep you in limbo. Cry out all the feelings. Then your own energy for life will put you up again. You become stronger.

Marina Abramovic

LifeEnergyStrongerYouDownCry

I learned that on kids' shows, you have to eat a lot of stuff. A lot of the humor comes from food and gross-out humor.

Linda Cardellini

FoodHumorYouEatKidsStuff

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