Geoff Dyer Quotes

It doesn't require much thought for one to realise that any travel book worthy of the name has to be a departure from the standard idea of the form.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TravelBookThoughtNameWorthy

'Social Network' is a good story with human experience connective tissue that makes it ageless.

Michael De Luca

GoodExperienceStoryHumanSocial

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

Stephen Fry

FaceDownBecauseGetJustParts

I would like to be somebody young people, young girls, can look up to.

Tori Kelly

PeopleLookYoungYoung PeopleUp

Racial politics in Chicago has a long history of being intertwined with the mayor's race, but I'd like to think we're past much of that.

Mike Quigley

HistoryPoliticsPastThinkLong

Whether it's intentional or not, Trump regularly makes news for unprecedented and nonpresidential behavior.

Jason Kander

BehaviorNewsIntentionalTrump

I'd like to convince you that the universe has a soundtrack and that soundtrack is played on space itself, because space can wobble like a drum.

Janna Levin

SpaceUniverseYouDrumConvince

If you actually get down to the nitty-gritty of the average Pakistani, the average Indian, the average whoever, what you really do know emotionally is that they're exactly the same.

Bryan Callen

YouDownKnowSameAverageGet

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

Bruce Feiler

ChangeThinkingBetterTryingYou

I believe in God, absolutely.

Antoine Fuqua

GodBelieveI BelieveI Believe In

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

Alice Walker

MotherMeMomGiftYouI Can

My job always is to play a person, not to judge her.

Tyne Daly

JobJudgePersonPlayAlwaysHer

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Thomas Hardy

PatienceCourageMoralMoral Courage

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