Lawrence Wright Quotes

What I've learned is that everybody really wants to sell their story. No matter who they are, everybody feels that what they're doing is the right thing, and if they could only explain themselves to a reasonable person that understands them, then maybe they'll listen.

Lawrence Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 2, 1947

Topics

StoryDoingPersonMatterListen

The anarchists, on behalf of the proletariat, therefore consider it necessary to show the proletariat that it will have to win a gigantic battle before it realizes its goals.

Johann Most

GoalsWinBattleWillShowBefore

That's the scary part about TV, how you'll feel about it in six years.

Jeremy Sumpter

FeelYouScaryYearsSixHow

The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's what happens in all of them.

Matthew McConaughey

RomanticTogetherComedyGoAlways

Depressives have led countries, won wars, flown rockets to the moon, made great music. Don't let depression stop you employing someone, and never let it cause you to judge them. Depression is not a person. Like any other illness, it is something that happens to a person. It shouldn't define them.

Matt Haig

MusicGreatDepressionMoonJudge

I can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it.

Mercedes McCambridge

LoveLove IsFeelI CanKnowOnly

In order to keep the love going, you want to keep it fun.

Travis Kalanick

LoveFunYouWantOrderGoing

High-profile columnists should remember they are in a privileged position. Writing isn't a dreadfully specific skill - it's taught to millions via our schooling system. And opinions? Well, I've yet to meet people without opinions.

Rob Manuel

PeopleWritingRememberOpinions

Reading an audio book is a very odd experience because there are three people sitting out there while you're reading in this glass booth, and you can see their reactions.

Ruth Reichl

ExperiencePeopleBookReadingYou

I was interested with exploring the idea of who gets to be in possession of the land - how it's sometimes impossible to go back home, how family can be the thing that drags you down.

Dee Rees

FamilyHomeImpossibleYouDownGo

It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'

Colin Powell

AngerStartPoliticalEnoughWall

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.

Brendan Fraser

ActingForgetRockRollAbout

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

Peter Gabriel

MusicThinkArtistPlaceWantSell

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