Margaret Atwood Quotes

When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poetry is a state of free float.

Margaret Atwood

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I AmPoetryWritingBelieveBetter

I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction.

John Mayer

MeDirectionThoughtAwayLike

Since I've been in an actor, I've lived in Italy, in London, in Stockholm - I had the fortune of working in different locations. If you live someplace long enough, you acquire slightly different systems of thought, and it influences your outlook on life. I just slowly adapted the way I speak.

Matthew Settle

LifeLiveSpeakThoughtEnoughYou

Street performing can be a great teaching ground and a barometer for what you're doing. It's rough and unforgiving at times, but it can be wild and fun and a real open canvas for your creativity.

Andy Grammer

GreatCreativityFunDoingYouWild

A limit on the automobile population of the United States would be the best of news for our cities. The end of automania would save open spaces, encourage wiser land use, and contribute greatly to ending suburban sprawl.

Stewart Udall

BestEndingEndNewsWiserLand

It's not as if I've been unlucky. My books have been published and reviewed. I haven't lived through terrible literary suffering!

Siri Hustvedt

SufferingThroughUnluckyLivedBeen

My grandparents were always farmers.

Travis Fimmel

FarmersGrandparentsAlwaysWere

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

Tom Landry

LifeGodRelationshipYourselfKnow

I was still in college when 'To Kill a Mockingbird' came out in 1960. I remember it had a kind of an electrifying effect on this country; this was a time when there were a lot of good books coming out.

Tom Brokaw

GoodTimeCollegeRememberCountry

In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's way to godliness. The Hindu sadhu, the pilgrims of Compostela walking past their sins, the circumambulators of the Buddhist kora, the haj.

Robyn Davidson

LifePastReligionThinkWalking

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out.

Minnie Driver

MusicMyselfStartGuitarEnough

I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments - just as I have been shaped by my successes.

Janice Dickinson

MistakesBeenJustDisappointments

As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done.

Jon Brion

WorkPeopleYouDoneBecauseGet

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