Geoff Dyer Quotes

Borrowing something from one art form and relocating it in another always has a whiff of pretension about it, like in books if, instead of 'Chapter One,' you have 'First Movement.'

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.

Jerry Reinsdorf

LifeGreatThinkSleepingComplain

When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.

Andrea Riseborough

TruthRomanticYouPersonReal

It's a hard thing to legislate. You can't legislate good taste and you can't put a number on it in terms of square footage. It's a question of where individual rights end and community rights begin.

Ann Robinson

GoodCommunityEndYouHardBegin

I began to fear that the Graham work was not in lots of ways sufficient for me. I suppose it came about from looking at other dancing and being involved with the ballet - something about the air and the way she thought about dancing.

Merce Cunningham

WorkFearMeLookingThoughtWay

The flesh of king salmon, which varies in color from white to pink to red, has a high fat content, making it perfect for grilling.

Tom Douglas

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Professionally, I did a couple of operas when I was in school, when I was 18.

Lucy Griffiths

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I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

Jason Mraz

LifeMyselfStepWorldMy LifePage

I was interested with exploring the idea of who gets to be in possession of the land - how it's sometimes impossible to go back home, how family can be the thing that drags you down.

Dee Rees

FamilyHomeImpossibleYouDownGo

I get up early, go to bed late, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. And I pray a lot.

Courtney B. Vance

EarlyLateBedGoSometimesUp

Some people when they get older are so firm in their beliefs that you'll never move them.

Brian Lamb

PeopleYouNeverSome PeopleGet

Much as I wish it were not so, we do live in a dangerous world. It has, in fact, always been this way. Our earliest ancestors had to worry about predators, natural disasters, disease, and - unique among our species - attacks by other people.

Brad Schneider

LivePeopleWorldWishWorryUnique

Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.

Anne Roiphe

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