Franklin Foer Quotes

As parents, we have kids who reflect back to us our addiction to devices, and we have all sorts of worries about whether this is a healthy thing.

Franklin Foer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 20, 1974

Topics

ParentsBackHealthyAddictionUs

We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.

Jean Smart

ChangeRelationshipPastThinkMore

Well, when I was younger, in high school, I started out smoking pot. Which escalated into taking acid on a regular basis, which escalated into selling acid. And then I started, when I went to college, I started doing opiates.

John Wozniak

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolSmoking

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'

John Wooden

GoodMeWinSlowLearnYou

Audiences aren't fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

Stephen Frears

FoolsImportantTrueRiskHeroes

I felt that my decisions, whether good or bad, would always be supported by my parents, because I was loved and respected.

Tom Sturridge

GoodParentsLovedDecisionsBad

The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore.

Robin Gibb

RespectBeeNameThreeUsWould

Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

Jayne Meadows

I AmQuietShyOppositesEvenVery

'MacGruber' came to life mostly because we just liked saying 'MacGyver.' 'MacGyver' this. 'MacGyver' that. It's a great word.

Jorma Taccone

LifeGreatSayingBecauseJustWord

I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while I'm writing a draft, but I do listen to it when I'm revising.

Donald Ray Pollock

MusicWritingListenMonsterMagnet

In the Soyuz, the little Russian capsule, you can actually hear the banging of the big shield, the big heat shield on the bottom, as it slowly erodes away from the heat and pieces of it fly off like sparks across your window, and it's an interesting thing to ride through, you know.

Chris Hadfield

RideWindowFlyInterestingYouBig

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

Chris Bohjalian

LoveFunStoryWhyWriteYes

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.

Christopher Nolan

DreamsTimeLongLong TimeKidFilm

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