Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 12, 1963

Topics

LifeDetailsYouBecomeMore

I've never been much for becoming a member of a group.

Sue Hubbell

GroupNeverBecomingBeenMuch

The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but, rather, a renewed determination to bring him down by stealth.

Robert Dallek

FailureDeterminationAcceptanceDown

Every fight is dangerous, no matter who you're fighting, no matter what the story behind it is.

Rose Namajunas

FightStoryFightingYouDangerous

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

Mary Kay Ash

GoodBusinessPeopleCompanyOnly

The 'Tickle Monster' story literally flew out of my mouth.

Josie Bissett

StoryMouthOutMonsterLiterally

It takes courage to pull the ball down and reverse field and do some of the crazy things that Favre and Manziel do. There's going to be consequences when sometimes it doesn't work out. But it takes a tremendous amount of guts and courage to go make a play when there's nothing there instead of throwing the ball away.

Jon Gruden

WorkCourageCrazyDownPlayGo

I am baffled by many Western politicians who continually blame low-cost imported goods for their own economic challenges.

Dinesh Paliwal

I AmChallengesBlamePoliticians

Sometimes I find some movies patronizing, which I feel is the ultimate crime.

Dito Montiel

FeelFindSometimesMoviesCrime

I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won't be falling asleep at the theater.

Diane Paulus

WorkPeopleDoneNowWantFalling

My primary goal is always to tell a story that will resonate with people on a deeply emotional level.

Chris Milk

PeopleStoryGoalWillEmotional

'Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

MeViewTryingYouPoint Of View

The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist.

Thomas Kinkade

ArtLieArtistWholeAbout

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