Raymond Carver Quotes

In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldn't turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now.

Raymond Carver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeginningWorldTryingI CanNow

I would really like to spend more time with the family. Every time I go abroad I miss them all dreadfully.

Jilly Cooper

FamilyTimeGoMoreMissWould

Some artists see a gig as an audience worshipping them. I think it is about having a great time together. I have a part as the singer. An audience has a part. Playing a gig doesn't make me high on myself.

Jo Nesbo

GreatTimeMyselfTogetherMeThink

I worked in a Starbucks that wasn't very popular - before the big coffee boom in London. My boss didn't take kindly to my incessant sitting. I was like, 'Look, I've dusted everything, the stockroom is all figured out... I would rather sit now so I have the energy when a customer does come in.'

Andrew Garfield

CoffeeBossEnergyCustomerLook

You know people just assume, 'Well, all my life I'll be a worrier.' That doesn't have to be true. There's a way to drink from God's presence so much that worry begins to dissipate.

Max Lucado

LifeGodPeopleMy LifeWorryYou

Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not.

Sophia Amoruso

WordsChaosWorldBelieveTools

In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material.

Mike Figgis

ProcessImprovisationClearPlotSum

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

Lukas Foss

GoodMusicGreatHappyMeFeel Good

This is the new wave, the new generation of terrorism. It's gone viral. It's very dangerous, and it's very hard to stop.

Michael McCaul

GenerationWaveDangerousStopNew

A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.

Jason Statham

WorkSuccessFutureCharacterPeople

I see what's behind everything the director wants to do.

Jordi Molla

DirectorEverythingSeeI SeeBehind

When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

AngerFeelYouBadFindFeelings

In school I studied international business and marketing, so I've always been attracted to business.

Apolo Ohno

BusinessSchoolMarketingAlways

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