Darin Strauss Quotes

The main thing is to think strategically about what will engage your readers. Trust me when I tell you that few people are eager to read a story whose opening lines sound like a dissertation on giant bugs.

Darin Strauss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TrustPeopleMeStoryThinkYou

There is no such thing as the United Nations.

John Bolton

United NationsUnitedNationsThing

The brain-mind is not a computer, and regarding it as one has led to a variety of theoretical dead ends.

Siri Hustvedt

DeadVarietyComputerLedEnds

Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.

Simon Rattle

GoodStartEverybodyEverybody Else

We had a brilliant upbringing, and we never wanted for anything, even though we went through highs and lows of finances.

Tony Scott

BrilliantNeverThroughAnything

I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!

Tom Verlaine

GuitarLovedJazzSoundAlwaysBuy

I liked working in a series, going to work every day and not having to leave town for long locations. I was producing them and building an audience.

Robert Wagner

WorkDayBuildingLongEvery Day

Nothing beats SoulCycle for dumbing all the way out or re-calibrating a mood in less than an hour, which is reassuring, since I typically wake up in a panic that's candy-coated with a low-grade rage.

Mary H.K. Choi

Wake UpMoodNothingWayRageOut

I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration; the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing.

Douglas Booth

FatherAmazingLovedYoungBigNoah

If I write something down, it's normally just a sharp one-liner.

Courtney Barnett

DownWriteSharpSomethingJust

I travel. I do a lot of traveling around the world.

Chris Tucker

TravelWorldTravelingAroundLot

We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it.

Clive Bell

WorkArtFeelingThanOurMeans

One of my realizations is that if you revel over joy, you're going to ache over pain and get killed over hurt. Your span of feelings are going to go just as far one way as the other.

Chuck Berry

PainJoyHurtYouFeelingsGo

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