Ben Okri Quotes

If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft.

Ben Okri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: March 15, 1959

Topics

TimeStoryShortLearnYouPerfect

Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood.

Jimmy Breslin

LivePeopleSpeakFriendsBackWall

Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to be a screenwriter?' I say, 'You know what you do? I'll tell you the secret, it's easy: Read 'Hamlet.' You know? Then read it again, and read it again, and read it until you understand it. Read 'King Lear,' and then read 'Othello.'

John Logan

KingMeEasyYouKnowYoung

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

John Tillotson

GreatMindArgumentBearReason

I don't care about history; all I care about is winning.

Stipe Miocic

HistoryWinningCareAboutI Care

I drifted into acting, and I've drifted into my career, and I've never been guided by anything particularly concrete.

Rupert Graves

CareerActingNeverConcreteBeen

Film is a collaborative art form. If you're not being collaborative, you probably shouldn't be working in film. You don't do it on your own. People who understand that, cultivate that, get the best results.

Michael Pitt

ArtBestPeopleYouResultsOwn

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

SufferingFruitTragedyJesus Christ

What many single male 23-year-old entrepreneurs don't realize is that family tech is a 'big freaking business'. As in, trillions of dollars.

Christine Tsai

FamilyBusinessRealizeSingleBig

When I go about my own politics, I meet Tea Party supporters who I can work with in Congress, that I find common ground with. I find Tea Party supporters who won't let me get a sentence out without judging me. To say that there is a 'Tea Party supporter' is a gross generality.

Cory Booker

WorkPoliticsTeaMeFindParty

I am built close to the ground and of extravagant body.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I AmBodyGroundCloseBuiltAm

Every brand has something on the Internet, whether it's video or doing something on social media. It's just another form that brands are starting to realize they have to be a part of.

Anthony Padilla

Social MediaBrandInternetDoing

I probably learned more about Marion Barry listening to Chris Rock than I did reading a headline.

Wyatt Cenac

ListeningReadingRockMoreHeadline

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