Nick Flynn Quotes

My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Part of why she left him was this delusion of greatness and identifying it very directly with being an artist.

Nick Flynn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 26, 1960

Topics

FatherMotherGreatGreatnessArtist

History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what to do next, which is why it's worth trying to know where things come from.

Jill Lepore

HistoryTryingWorthChooseKnow

The role we can play every day, if we try, is to take the whole experience of every day and shape it to involve American man. It is our job to interest him in his community and to give his ideas the excitement they should have.

John Hay Whitney

CommunityExperienceDayJobMan

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.

Robert Smith

LifeBusinessMusicPersonalMy Own

I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the story.

Matthew Heineman

ReadingStoryFindAngleAlmost

I miss coaching - certain elements of coaching.

Jeff Van Gundy

CoachingMissElementsCertain

The thing is, I'm never scared. It's just in the blood, really. My family come from a warrior clan background, the Rajput tribe from the Punjab, and that could be one of the reasons. Going into fights just seems normal to me.

Amir Khan

FamilyMeWarriorBloodNeverTribe

If there's ever a moment when I am an Anglophile, it's when I see so many theatres in this country that have what I would call federal funding.

Stephen Karam

MomentI AmCountrySeeI SeeCall

By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

Michelle Bachelet

WomenResponsibilityCitySafety

I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.

Moira Kelly

LoveOpportunitySingMovieDisney

In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices.

Jon Pertwee

FunnyMeGlassesActorHiddenNever

Every quality I despise in George Bush is a quality I despise in myself. He is my worst self realized.

David Shields

MyselfQualitySelfWorstHeEvery

Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces, film on the streets, have the cooperation of the police, you have to have a permit.

Asghar Farhadi

PoliceTryingYouCooperationWant

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