Katherine Dunn Quotes

Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.

Katherine Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Peter Lindbergh is the most charming man - I did a Gap commercial for him, and he was just so sweet.

Maye Musk

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My very best memory of Montreal was the moment inside the Olympic arena when I was waiting under the stadium and those majestic gates opened up. It was a whole other world.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

Tom Tancredo

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I grew up thinking I was going to change the world, but not because I was treated like a special snowflake. It's a silly label. People are starving. We need to feed them. That's the end of the conversation.

Rupi Kaur

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All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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Joseph Smith was true to his calling and fulfilled his duty even in the face of severe persecution and great personal sacrifice.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Anyone can contribute images, and we sell them to designers and agencies all over the world.

Jon Oringer

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So, it didn't do well. But now when I talk to kids who are first seeing it, they're surprised to hear the movie failed at the box office. Sometimes that's what happens.

David Zucker

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We were spending American blood and treasure to liberate the people of Afghanistan from one of the most brutal regimes on the face of the earth. That we would not use that moment to press for women's rights seems to me unthinkable.

Condoleezza Rice

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I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.

Allen Iverson

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Journalism is in fact history on the run.

Thomas Griffith

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When you're on film or TV, essentially you're in front of the camera. Unless it's a Tim Burton thing, the desire is to be real and grounded.

Thomas Middleditch

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