Frank McCourt Quotes

I just wrote the book and was amazed and astounded that it became a bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize. It still hasn't sunk in.

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: August 19, 1930 - July 19, 2009

Topics

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Although a novel takes place in the larger world, there's always some drive in it that is entirely personal - even if you don't know it while you're doing it.

Joan Didion

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I used to deal with high-profile criminal cases that were covered extensively in the media, and one of the things I quickly appreciated was there was a gulf between what really took place in the middle of a case, the impact on victims, the effect on the police and how they solved crimes, and the way it was reported.

Robert Rinder

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Fun is when you're writing a song and you're trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That's when it's fun. After that, it's work.

Tom Scholz

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If you asked me why I went to jail, the easiest explanation would be to say, 'Because I'm black.'

Jay IDK

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On A Beautiful Mind, there was a wall of math.

Josh Lucas

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Genius is a grace. The true man of genius acts by movement or by impulsion.

Joseph de Maistre

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I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how powerful music can be.

Bow Wow

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I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

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Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.

Wim Wenders

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The defining moment in American economic history is when Bill Clinton lobbied to get China into the World Trade Organization. It was the worst political and economic mistake in American history in the last 100 years.

Peter Navarro

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I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

Shigeru Yoshida

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To have been able to write the books I wanted to write, on demanding subjects like war and the history of psychiatry, and for them to have sold in the numbers they have - and then go around saying: 'Actually, I'd also like to have won the Costa Book of the Year?' That would be ridiculous.

Sebastian Faulks

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