Tea Obreht Quotes

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

Tea Obreht

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: serbian
  • Birth: September 30, 1985

Topics

BestYouChangesFictionStays

Growing up in the business you have to grow up very fast - you do have a different type of childhood, that has its benefits and it has its drawbacks.

Jodie Sweetin

BusinessChildhoodGrowing UpGrow

The 3-point line has changed the game so much. The day of the big man, unless you're extraordinary good, is not numbered, but certainly you gotta be a lot more versatile to play the game today. You gotta be able to really run up and down the court.

Jerry West

GoodTodayDayManGameYou

My mom and my stepdad are both therapists.

Jennifer Westfeldt

MomBothTherapists

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

Stephen Sondheim

PeopleSurfaceLikeHearNeurotic

I'm a believer in using whatever works for fiction, but mostly, that's not life.

Mona Simpson

LifeWhateverFictionBelieverWorks

I'm an alpha male - what else can I say?

Johnny Messner

SayAlphaElseMale

We always have to show our character on the pitch, and I show my feelings.

Diego Costa

CharacterFeelingsAlwaysShowOur

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.

David Thewlis

I AmMondayWeekBackGoLondon

We are over 60 percent water by weight. We're just a big ball of... blob of water, with enough organic thickener added so we don't dribble away on the floor.

David Suzuki

WaterEnoughOverBallFloorBig

I love my gay fans. Gay people are always usually my best friends in the whole world. I completely adore them.

Britney Spears

LoveBestPeopleWorldFriendsGay

The first thing that I see in a woman are her eyes. Sorry, it sounds shallow, but eyes say a lot about a person.

Ali Fazal

EyesWomanSorryPersonSaySee

My first year of university, I ran around and signed up for these clubs, and I noticed they were all drama clubs: really lame, artsy things.

Penelope Mitchell

YearDramaFirstUniversityUpLame

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