Carolyn Chute Quotes

Sadly I don't work well under restrictions. I need to forget the world and its rules and laws in order to enter the dreamlike flow of the fictional world. So I may be in some bad trouble.

Carolyn Chute

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1947

Topics

WorkWorldBadRulesTroubleForget

A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!

Joanna Lumley

LifeDogFearTimeFatSomeone

Don't overpack your carry-on. You're never going to read that second book or that fourth magazine.

Jen Kirkman

BookYouNeverGoingYourSecond

I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.

Andrea Bocelli

MusicRespectMuchVeryPublicAlso

Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life.

John Lasseter

LifeDreamsTodayYour DreamsMan

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.

John Lithgow

MyselfActorLuckyStillVery

From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.

Jean Stafford

TimeRestNeedIntellect

I try to get away. It's very unusual for me to be in one spot for so many months, which is one of the things I've had to get used to for a television show. I enjoy going on adventures and seeing the planet.

Stana Katic

MeEnjoySeeingTelevisionTryUsed

I don't like to play the macho card, but I grew up in a working-class family and a working-class culture.

Tom Brokaw

FamilyCulturePlayUpLikeMacho

Paris's neighborhoods, the arrondissements, are organized like a twist. They spiral from the river like toilet water flushing in reverse and erupting out of the bowl - a corkscrew or what have you, a flattened pig's tail, a whorling braid notched one to 20.

Rosecrans Baldwin

WaterRiverYouPigParisOut

I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids.

Lisa Marie Presley

LifeMusicI AmPeopleMy LifeDark

I'm a very gentle man, not unlike Gandhi.

Joss Whedon

ManGentleVeryGandhiUnlike

It's embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I'm glad I did.

Drew Barrymore

LoveRespectPeopleYouGoStage

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