Lee Smith Quotes

I think what happens to young writers is that they use up every life experience that they have had up to that point for their first novel. Then you have to come up with something for the second novel, but you really don't have anything to say.

Lee Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 1, 1944

Topics

LifeExperienceThinkYouYoungSay

There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.

John M. Ford

IdeasWantOutClearlyPointSet

I write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

WorkMy OwnWriteWhateverOutOwn

When I grew up there wasn't air-conditioning or anything of that nature, and this old car had a wall thickness of about ten inches. So we had a little warmer house in the winter and a little cooler in the summer.

Merle Haggard

NatureWinterCarHouseWallSummer

I have seen the face of this country change in 25 years or 30 years. I have seen a equalization begin to develop - in inheritance laws, tax laws, laws for favoring trade unions, protecting them, and so forth. All these are social changes.

Sidney Buchman

ChangeFaceCountryTaxUnionsLaws

While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.

Roger Zelazny

LoveAgeOld AgeElephantDieSaid

When you see the ball in the air, you want to go make a play.

Rob Gronkowski

YouPlayGoWantAirSee

I think that Netanyahu is a bit intimidated of and afraid of President Trump.

Ronen Bergman

ThinkPresidentAfraidI ThinkTrump

Some things make me emotional in a good way. When my son does well in school, I get real emotional because that's a testament to what I'm feeding him at home on a daily basis as far as knowledge goes. I wasn't so emotional until I had my first son.

Monica

GoodHomeDailySonKnowledgeMe

When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous.

Minnie Pearl

WomenPoliceHotelTryingVillage

I have a big brother who would make dolls' houses and playhouses and furniture out of wood. He was the one who taught me from such a young age that you could just make something. The physical act of gluing something together was really formative for me.

Miranda July

AgeTogetherBrotherMeYouYoung

I'm really happy with Elektra, I don't have anything bad to say about them at all. I always knew a major label was the right place for me to be. I never really had an opportunity to go to an independent label anyway.

Jon Crosby

OpportunityHappyMeBadPlaceGo

By relinquishing your obsession with the past and your fantasies about the future, you can tap into the power of the present and feel the force of love that resides inside of you.

Debbie Ford

LoveFuturePowerPastPresentYou

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