Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Walter Kirn Quotes

If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.

Walter Kirn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 3, 1962

Topics

Short First Cut Comedians Would

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.

John Forsythe

Strength Light Hero Villain You Try

Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.

Michael Clarke Duncan

Home Attitude Day Bad Day Bad Stay

When a parent comes into school waving a book and saying, 'Take this book away. I don't like this book.' I won't say in all cases, but in many cases, that will not happen anymore. It has to go through a proper review board. The complaining parent will have to fill out a complaint, you know, put it in writing.

Judy Blume

School Writing Book Saying Parent

Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not.

Jose Ramos-Horta

Problems First Structure Open Pay

I like the ball in a big game. I'm not afraid to take it.

David Wells

Game Afraid Ball Big Take Like

I'm really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill.

Chelsea Clinton

Grateful Media Survival House Skill

In a film you only get two hours to do this big arc and so you have to pick and choose your moments carefully, but with television you get to take your time and just take it episode by episode and discover new things.

Chris Zylka

Time New Things Moments You Choose

My mother was one of the most dynamic and brilliant women I have ever known. She was also mercurial and unfocused.

Christina Baker Kline

Mother Women Brilliant She Dynamic

We can replace the big monitors in hospitals with intelligent, disposable plasters that you throw away after wearing for a couple of days.

Chris Toumazou

You Intelligent Days Big Disposable

Humans should always exercise and watch what they eat. So with your pet, make sure they get enough exercise, make sure they're getting fed at the same time every day and getting the nutrition they need. And make sure they get a lot of love and attention you both need. That's why you have them!

Alison Sweeney

Love Time Day Pet Enough Attention

The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part of your being yearns, not for a doctor, but for a medicine man.

Shana Alexander

Man Doctor Medicine You Patient Get

After the music that had been created by my family, I thought there was no way I could stack up.

Thomas Newman

Family Music Thought Way Up Been