Geoff Dyer Quotes

I'm as strong and supple as a pane of thin glass. I've got too many ailments - left shoulder, left elbow and left wrist - in fact, the whole of the left arm.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1958

Topics

StrongGlassShoulderLeftWhole

Greece wishes to be part of the eurozone, but it must, of course, go through with the necessary reforms to make this happen.

Angela Merkel

WishesGoHappenThroughGreece

I'm concerned that we're sending these military men... facing an infectious disease that could be deadly. If they go to Iraq, and they fight ISIL, and they come home, they're not bringing ISIL with them and threatening their families or platoon mates.

Jeff Duncan

HomeMenFightGoMilitaryDisease

It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church.

Stephen Cole Kleene

WorkChurchYearGotSecondUntil

I go to somewhere I haven't been and just watch people and colors. That's my inspiration.

RM

PeopleColorsGoInspirationWatch

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings. The final ending is usually arrived at simply by intuition.

Joyce Carol Oates

GoodTimeWritingEndingReputation

There are plus-size women who've paved the way - Rebel Wilson, Gabby Sidibe, Melissa McCarthy. I can't wait for the day when I can have a conversation, and it's not about the size of my pants but how I prepared for the role.

Chrissy Metz

WomenDayWaitRebelConversation

We've always connected musically in Fleetwood Mac because we're the only people who play more than one note. I'm not the best pianist, but I know how to interlace around what Lindsey's playing.

Christine McVie

BestPeoplePlayKnowConnected

I'm not known for my intellectual range and tricks have been played on me.

William Sanderson

MeIntellectualBeenRangeKnown

We are all more capable than we could ever imagine or admit to.

Priscilla Chan

ScienceResearchGoalInvesting

Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.

Philip Emeagwali

KnowHIVEightyPercentInfected

One thing I'm hearing a lot is from teachers who have felt that there's something wrong with the extreme group learning, but felt like they couldn't say that out loud. And apparently the discussion is now opening up. I think change is going to be a long time coming.

Susan Cain

ChangeLearningTimeThinkLongSay

My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I never censor them. I don't judge them.

Scott Thompson

FeelJudgeFeelingWayNeverRight

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