Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingDieSuicideYouSeriously

Like most girls, I suffered from pimples, too. I tried dozens of treatments but was never satisfied with any.

Amy Jackson

NeverSatisfiedLikeMostTriedAny

As separate people, we are weak, but we could be a peaceful, powerful nation.

Amity Gaige

PeoplePowerfulPeacefulWeakNation

Our brains are wired such that it's difficult to take action until we feel at least some level of this emotional state. In fact, performance peaks under the heightened activation that comes with moderate levels of stress. As long as the stress isn't prolonged, it's harmless.

Travis Bradberry

StressPerformanceActionFeelLong

And I love to cook! I've impressed hundreds of women with my cooking. And they always come back for more.

Luke Evans

LoveWomenCookingBackMoreAlways

I don't stop eating when I'm full. The meal isn't over when I'm full. It's over when I hate myself.

Louis C. K.

MyselfHateEatingDietStopMeal

If I had all the money in the world, I don't think I'd want to be in the studio for longer.

Lisa Hannigan

MoneyWorldThinkWantStudioHad

Given the infinite number of coincidences that could happen, very few ever actually do. The universe exists in a coincidence-hating state of anti-fluke.

Douglas Coupland

UniverseInfiniteHappenCoincidences

I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue.

Conor Oberst

FeelLongWayOldRightUp

I'm not opposed to doing a fashion line, but I want to make sure it's the right thing and make sure its something people actually want instead of putting out a bunch of stuff that's already been done.

Brad Goreski

PeopleFashionDoingDoneWantLine

You can model experiments on computers now and then execute them, and you don't actually need a fully stocked lab.

Arvind Gupta

ComputersYouNowNeedNow And Then

Doing art at Marlborough, where I went to school, was really quite tough, and I knew that it wasn't the direction I wanted to go. I'd rather show art and give people the joy of seeing it.

Princess Eugenie of York

ArtSchoolJoyPeopleDirectionGo

I just felt something was missing from my vision of what Tycho should eventually be. It took several years of learning new recording and production techniques to get to a point where I felt I could make a record like 'Awake.'

Tycho

LearningVisionNewYearsMissing

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