Lee Gutkind Quotes

To reconstruct stories and scenes, nonfiction writers must conduct vigorous and responsible research. In fact, narrative requires more research than traditional reportage, for writers cannot simply tell what they learn and know; rather, they must show it.

Lee Gutkind

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People started saying, 'Oh you know, he's quicker than he looks', and I'm like, 'What does that mean? Do I look slow, or I'm not really sure what that means.

Jeremy Lin

PeopleSayingSlowYouLookLooks

If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.

John Conyers

ConfidenceFireCountryStopWant

I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you.

Maya Rudolph

LoveMeYouTeachComeWould

I don't like going to dinner by myself; I'll call for delivery before I do that. It's awkward if you're at a table all alone. I'm sure nobody even notices, but there's something about it.

Max Thieriot

AloneMyselfDinnerYouTableGoing

There is a diversity of thought and philosophy, diversity of languages and dialects, diversity of political spectrum, and there's a diversity of taste for food. I don't label or characterize Jews in any way.

John Liu

FoodDiversityThoughtPoliticalWay

That's what I like most about writing fiction over journalism: the easy metaphors!

Michael Connelly

WritingEasyJournalismOverFiction

Thinking it over, I can't locate another artist in the Updike family.

John Updike

FamilyThinkingArtistOverAnother

Actors endow the villain in fiction with a warmth and quality that makes them memorable. I think we like fictional villains because they're the Mr. Hyde of our own dreams. I've met a few real villains in my time, and they weren't the least bit sympathetic.

John Rhys-Davies

DreamsTimeQualityVillainThink

I just feel like there is nothing I cannot do.

Stormzy

FeelNothingCannotJustLike

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color.

Toni Morrison

ColorAmericanNothingImmigrant

My father was a doctor, so I thought I was going to be a doctor, too, but I couldn't do maths; I couldn't do science. I was hopeless at chemistry.

Miriam Margolyes

FatherScienceDoctorThoughtGoing

If it ain't baroque, don't fax it.

Denis Norden

BaroqueFax

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