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Katherine Dunn Quotes

My handwriting was nothing to write home about, and I had this idea that calligraphy was like taking Latin in high school: that it was one of the bricks, the building bricks, that you had to understand about the forms of writing.

Katherine Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Home School Writing Building You

When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any more. Any doubt I had about that was cast aside for ever when I saw Gordon Brown cosying up to Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.

Jimmy Reid

Power Government Voting Doubt Street

I'm very good at drawing fouls.

Joel Embiid

Good Drawing Very

It's nice because working in England I'm know for working in television and theater when you get a chance to come out, it is quite fun to be out from behind the mask. You need to let people know who you are.

Jeremy Bulloch

Fun People Chance Mask You Nice

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.

Robert Shaw

Character Man Actor Never Always

Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent.

Jean Kerr

Hope You Feeling Permanent

It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

John Wilkins

Men Words Strive Hard Convince Rule

I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff.

Trey Parker

Time Thinking Little Stuff Spend

Little boys are a ton of fun.

Tori Spelling

Fun Little Ton

I find it really unique that the black community, who has been oppressed and is still oppressed, can find a way to oppress themselves, and ourselves, within it.

Trevante Rhodes

Community Black Unique Find Way

I'm a big comic book person. I love Captain America. I like John Henry. I'm hoping to play one of the superhero characters that's coming from Marvel.

Tom Lister, Jr.

Love Book America Person Play Big

My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.

Russell Crowe

Good Children Not Good Enough Enough

As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.

Mary Antin

Father Morning People Said Need