Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 21, 1929

Topics

WordsArtistSaidFictionWhose

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

MiraclesMysteriesNecessarily

I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

IntegrityPeopleProcessDebateTrue

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

MenLittlePrettyWeaknessesSpiders

I always loved cake. I loved the chemistry of it.

Ron Ben-Israel

CakeLovedChemistryAlways

Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer.

Mike Royko

GoalsRichAchievePoorConservative

Public school teachers enjoy a huge amount of job security, thanks to their powerful unions and inflexible work rules.

Mike Gallagher

WorkJobSchoolEnjoyPowerful

Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else.

Monica Bellucci

PowerTimeWomanAppearanceLipstick

I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.

Miranda Otto

LoveBuildingsI Love

On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.

Lisa Kudrow

PeopleLightsBrightHardConvince

Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too.

Joyce DeWitt

LongSaidWantSheBigStar

Sometimes I feel drawn to writing about my shortcomings because I'm chock full of them.

Jon Bellion

WritingFeelSometimesBecauseFull

A lot of our assumptions of the world are fairly cynical, fairly negative, and assume the worst. What our reading tastes show - in this rush to fantasy, romance, whatever - is that we actually still want to believe in a world of possibility, in a world of mystery.

Deborah Harkness

WorldBelieveNegativeReadingWant

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