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Ben Dolnick Quotes

When I first read 'At Freddie's', I was struggling with my own writing, particularly with how to write about a sad subject - the death of a parent - without writing an entirely sad book.

Ben Dolnick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1982

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Sad Death Writing Book Parent First

I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this.

John Dyer

Age Proud Feel Heritage Always Been

The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of voice and character.

Robert Morgan

Character Mountain Voice Black Early

I wanted to have a book that showed there's no one way to sound black. I wanted to tell teens that the way you speak is okay; you're good the way you are.

Angie Thomas

Good Book Speak Black You Way

Most of the people interviewing me are far more square than me. I think it's the ET thing. I'm sitting there, my hair is combed, and I'm in a suit.

John Tesh

People Me Hair Think Sitting More

I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything.

Solange Knowles

Family Child Feel Anything Like Owe

My father used to say, 'I want you to be a good man; I want you to learn how to work. And I want you to be a serious person.' I grew up with that in my mind.

Roberto Clemente

Work Good Father Man Mind Good Man

The stimulation I get from my phone does not feel like the opposite of boredom to me. It actually feels like a different flavor of boredom... a twitchier flavor. And sometimes, it's almost more irritation than stimulation. It's an itch.

Robin Sloan

Me Feel Boredom Phone Sometimes Get

Just like hair frames our face, brows frame our eyes. I see so much potential in harmonized beauty whenever I see a woman who's not filling in her brows, and I just want to go in with my brow pencil and just be like, 'Filling in eyebrows, OK, done - look in the mirror and be inspired.' That's one of my pet peeves, but beauty is subjective.

Michelle Phan

Beauty Eyes Mirror Pet Woman Hair

I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.

Michelle Rodriguez

Power Beautiful Man Empathy Think

I'm never trying to make something esoteric; it just happens.

Jonathan Krisel

Trying Never Something Just Happens

It's been insane. From Whitey Bulger to the Mad Hatter, you can imagine the schizophrenia.

Johnny Depp

You Mad Imagine Schizophrenia Been

When you become a parent, you leave a lot of things behind and refocus, maybe on how simple life really is and what few things there really are to worry about. And everything else can go by the wayside.

Chris Cornell

Life Simple Parent Worry You Become