Raymond Carver Quotes

Most of my stories, if not all of them, have some basis in real life. That's the kind of fiction I'm most interested in. I suppose that's one reason I don't have much respect for fiction that seems to be game playing.

Raymond Carver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeRespectGameKindRealReason

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

WorkPeopleInspireYouExciting

God can take anything we have, as long as we give Him the glory for it. He can develop it and make it acceptable in music for the people.

Andrae Crouch

MusicGodPeopleLongGloryHim

Up until my first book was published, I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I could say: 'No, I didn't screw up.'

Robert M. Pirsig

PeopleBookPotentialSayFirstUp

I have moved on. I have moved forward.

Amber Frey

ForwardMovedMoved On

There's no religion but sex and music.

Sting

MusicReligionSex

Getting typecast is a dangerous thing to do.

Michael Zaslow

DangerousDangerous ThingThing

You need someone in your life to give you advice without yelling at you.

Mimi Kennedy

LifeAdviceSomeoneYouNeedGive

While researching 'Horse Soldiers,' I conducted over 100 interviews in the U.S. and in Afghanistan, and in Afghanistan, I walked and studied key sites that appear in the book. I was able to capture not only the Americans' point of view but the Afghans' as well.

Doug Stanton

BookKeyViewHorsePoint Of View

There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.

Chris Van Allsburg

GirlGreatSchoolRecognitionKind

My grandpa never got to see me fight. He always thought that I was the best in the world. He always told me that.

Chuck Liddell

BestFightMeWorldThoughtNever

This has become a bugbear of mine: the difference between geek and nerd.

Alice Eve

BecomeDifferenceGeekMineNerd

When I teach people, I marry them.

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

PeopleTeachMarryThem

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