Kathryn Lasky Quotes

In our community here in Boston, we have had a tremendous influx of Russian Jews and Haitians. We call these people immigrants. But they come for the same reasons that William Bradford and William Brewster and John Carver came.

Kathryn Lasky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1944

Topics

CommunityPeopleImmigrantsBoston

Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.

John Grisham

MoneyFunReal EstateLawyerYou

Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct.

Robert Rodriguez

TimeMoneyCreativeYouToo Much

Nothing - and, I repeat, nothing - can affect what you build with sheer hard work. You either wait for people to define your worth or you define it with your own actions. I believe in the latter.

Mawra Hocane

WorkHard WorkPeopleWaitBelieve

Without fathers you would have no civilization.

Michael Gurian

YouCivilizationWithoutWould

I think there need to be more female action heroines out there that are intelligent and not overly masculine and things like that so I'd love to find - and real too. Not necessarily the superhero perfect archetype of what an action hero is represented as a lot of times. I would love to find that kind of action heroine role to play.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

LoveHeroActionThinkPerfectPlay

One of the benefits of doing low-budget movies is you don't have to release them wide to recoup. You can release it in a smaller way, make your money back, and keep going.

Jason Blum

MoneyKeep GoingDoingYouBackWay

After the last line of a poem, nothing follows except literary criticism.

Joseph Brodsky

CriticismNothingLineLastPoem

Self-realization is great.

Corey Feldman

GreatSelf-Realization

I'm happy, so I just want to project that happiness through my music to make other people happy.

ASAP Ferg

HappinessMusicHappyPeopleWant

My biggest love is still planets and stars. If I hadn't become an artist, I'd be an astronomer because I still love it so much.

Peter Max

LoveStarsLove IsArtistBecome

When China fails to live up to its obligations, we push back - sort of. We accept arguments from Chinese leaders that they are a developing country that needs time to reform.

Sherrod Brown

LiveTimePushBackCountryAccept

Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.

Mariska Hargitay

LearningTimePoliceResearchCold

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