Lawrence Block Quotes

I really don't write much anymore, and I'm not uncomfortable with that. I've tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don't want to go on.

Lawrence Block

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1938

Topics

WritingUncomfortableGoWantWrite

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

Joe Manchin

BestMediocrityAcceptPolitician

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

Joe Nichols

KnowingAudienceConnectBeingHow

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.

Jim Caviezel

RealityLookAlwaysTruthfulRoles

When I first heard Kraftwerk, I thought they were an American band singing in German.

Jean-Michel Jarre

SingingThoughtAmericanBandFirst

We're just technologists.

Travis Kalanick

Just

The importance in what we're seeing in countries around the world is a poorly regulated and poorly functioning private sector using irrational and ineffective medications that result in the emergence of drug-resistance tuberculosis. What we've done is begun a program to rapidly improve infection control in places that are treating TB patients.

Tom Frieden

ControlWorldResultSeeingDone

I use my cell phone as much as I can - I talk to friends all the time. I'm like 2,000 hours a month. It's crazy.

Lisa Loeb

TimeCell PhoneCrazyFriendsPhone

People have to be able to make money off their brains and their hearts. Or else we're all going to starve, and it's the machines that'll get good.

Jaron Lanier

GoodMoneyPeopleBrainsGoingGet

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

HappinessFindTrueWhyReasonOnly

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.

Derek Bok

EducationKnowledgePurposeCollege

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

Chris Cornell

CandleThinkReasonRoomAnything

Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people; it still really appeals to me.

Chris Lilley

PeopleMeYouCreateWantSee

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