Francine Prose Quotes

If things are going well I can easily spend twelve hours a day writing, but not writing writing, just thinking and revising and taking a comma out and putting it back in.

Francine Prose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1947

Topics

DayWritingThinkingBackI CanOut

My whole life had been designing computers I could never build.

Steve Wozniak

LifeComputersBuildNeverBeenHad

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

Simone de Beauvoir

LifeAgeTimeDeathOld AgeDestiny

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.

Rudy Rucker

LivingMoreThingsComplexExpected

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.

Michael Jordan

LifeTravelPeopleCollegeIdeas

My way of connecting to the community that I imagined was out there somewhere for me, but wasn't there right now was to download tons and tons of discographies of famed divas. So I had Christina Aguilera's discography, Whitney Houston's discography, Mariah Carey's discography, all of that.

Liv Bruce

CommunityMeNowWayRightHouston

I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'

Jason Reitman

WorkLoveFatherChildrenMyself

I see the business side of it and moving up the ladder towards the title. That's where the money's at. That's the overall goal.

Donald Cerrone

BusinessMoneyMovingGoalLadder

In terms of role modelling for younger kids, I never really censor myself.

Daya

MyselfNeverRoleKidsYounger

The need for strong partners and employees persists throughout the life of a company, but it is especially important in the beginning.

Clara Shih

LifeBeginningStrongEmployeesNeed

The first sport I played was baseball. I remember being on the Little League team and someone pitching the ball to me for the first time. I was ready to no longer hit the ball off the tee, and an adult pitched it to me underhand.

Ashton Eaton

TimeBaseballMeTeamSomeoneReady

I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.

Shawn Mendes

SingingYouTubeWatchingSomething

I was on 'Blue Bloods.' Which I think got cut.

Tituss Burgess

BlueThinkCutGotI ThinkWhich

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