Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Katherine Dunn Quotes

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 24, 1945 - May 11, 2016

Topics

Think Back Go Important Go Away

You try to be moody when you're young and it had a good ring to it.

Good You Young Ring Try Moody

London is great, but New York is the greatest city in the world.

Great New York City World New York

Star performers are my favorite to manage and lead. Star performers are critical to any organization, and the key is how can you capture their heart-share and their mind-share when they're on this fast track.

Organization Key You Fast Capture

I suffered when I was in my late twenties and early thirties. I was awkward, I stuck out, I was nerdy.

Stephen Merchant

Early Late Out Nerdy Awkward Stuck

It's not exactly calm at Christmas. It's a bit like the Simpsons appearing in a pasta advert - lots of bickering, crazy pets, and plenty of tomato sauce!

Sophia Di Martino

Crazy Calm Pasta Christmas Tomato

When you cry out in pain from a broken wrist, no one questions it. You just go to the hospital and take the necessary steps. Mental illness is just as real, even if it can't be seen.

Pain Broken Questions You Go Cry

Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.

Family Happy Parents Think Healthy

In college, I would do my teammate's hair and their makeup sometimes. I did a friend's makeup at the 2008 Olympics, and she said, 'Have you ever considered taking classes?' For some reason, it had never crossed my mind.

Michelle Carter

Friend Mind College Hair Makeup You

A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.

Thoughts Deep Through Writer Should

One of the things I've learned in playing a character like Becca from 'You're the Worst' is that there really is such a joy and freedom in behaving badly and in being a character that you do roll your eyes at. She's just so delicious to loathe.

Character Freedom Eyes Joy You She

I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.

Life Music Me Mom Listening Feel

I would be trying to play hockey with my friends, but most of the time, the coach put me on the bench. Because I was too dreamy - I was dreaming all of the time. I was super bad on the ice because I was just thinking about something else.

Denis Villeneuve

Time Me Hockey Thinking Friends Bad

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Katherine Dunn