Laura van den Berg Quotes

I've always been most drawn to fiction that wrestles with that death-fear. Sometimes I joke with my students, 'If no one is in danger of dying, I'm not interested,' but of course I'm not really joking.

Laura van den Berg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

SometimesDyingAlwaysJokeFiction

It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.

John Gemberling

FunnyCharacterBabyComplainDiaper

I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened.

Anatoli Boukreev

PeopleThinkKnowOutUpThings

When I tell people I'm a screenwriter, people think I'm automatically artistic, but hell no. I like being part of a team, and I like having a skill that the team values. It's like laying bricks, and I try to be the best bricklayer I can.

Stephen McFeely

BestPeopleTeamThinkHellValues

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Tom Peters

YouExpectGiveGetLotPrune

History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other?

Jon Meacham

HistoryBestGovernmentLooking Back

In a pinch, when my leather shoes need a quick shine, I take the inside of a banana peel and rub it on the leather like I would a shoe wax. Then I spit-shine it and buff it with a cloth, and my shoes look great.

Chris Diamantopoulos

GreatShoesShineLookShoeNeed

I feel very strongly about contraception even though I know people say that, as a good Catholic girl, I shouldn't. But I disagree because I think one of the keys to women's progression in the 20th century is being able to control their fertility.

Cherie Blair

GoodWomenGirlPeopleControlFeel

I'm happiest when in front of the camera, and I didn't know it until I got up there.

Arjun Kapoor

CameraKnowUpGotHappiestFront

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.

Alfred Russel Wallace

LifeDeathSpaceSolitudeEternity

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

Pink

LifeExperienceSelfishMy LifeWay

I just try not to label myself in any way. I just have an allergy to labels in general. I can tell you that I am surrounded by very strong women and that I really appreciate that, but I'd rather not label myself.

Penelope Cruz

WomenMyselfI AmStrongAppreciate

The Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea provide plenty of opportunities to walk, think and relax.

Richard Rogers

WalkRelaxOpportunitiesThink

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Laura van den Berg