Darin Strauss Quotes

A good writer knows that if her style and perceptions are really cooking, she can bring anything off. It's okay, of course, for novelists to depict bland, average families living bland, average lives in bland, average towns. But it isn't okay when those novelists don't outshine their bland, average subjects.

Darin Strauss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1970

Topics

GoodStyleCookingLivingOkayShe

People in America are addicted to sugar and to fat and to salt.

John Mackey

PeopleFatAmericaSaltSugar

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

Jean Rostand

MeEndMouthWellCureTried

Hearing about a visual artist's approach can change the way you think about songwriting.

St. Lucia

ChangeThinkYouArtistWayHearing

I am so focused on the fact that the conversation doesn't address any of the things I think are important. I think our political dialogue in America is distorted and completely off track.

Steve Wynn

I AmThinkPoliticalAmericaFocused

I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.'

Michael Keaton

NeverWhoKnewPlayedAnyone

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

Michael Moore

BestReligionPeopleAmericanSide

First of all, whoever didn't want to be a member of this association or the other association, was branded, you know, like a dangerous individualist, you know, infected by the Western decadence, you know. So everybody joined.

Milos Forman

YouDangerousKnowWantFirstLike

I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.

Jay Roach

ThinkBetterFirstEarnedThan

It seems to me that women have made an awful lot of progress, but they probably remain underrepresented at the highest levels of most organizations, for a variety of reasons. And it's probably going to take a long time to change that.

Janet Yellen

ChangeWomenTimeProgressMeLong

Governments are not always right.

Jose Manuel Barroso

RightAlwaysGovernments

In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change.

Dean Devlin

ChangeTough TimesHopeToughUp

Good teachers have joined Presidency from different parts of the country and even abroad. We have got idealistic teachers, and we are relying on their idealism. But state universities pay their teachers less than the central ones. If salary is not on a par with central institutes, teachers would tend to leave for those places.

Ashoke Sen

GoodCountrySalaryTeachersPlaces

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