Patrick Ness Quotes

In some ways. I always feel between worlds, between cultures, and I think that's not necessarily a bad place for a writer to be. Writers are kind of on the fringe anyway, observing, writing things down. I'm still mostly American, but it's a nice tension.

Patrick Ness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1971

Topics

WritingThinkAmericanFeelBad

I like confusing people and challenging myself.

St. Lucia

MyselfPeopleConfusingLike

My first professional relationship, I danced with the Parsons Dance Company, and David Parsons, my former boss, allowed me to choreograph on the company.

Robert Battle

RelationshipDanceBossMeFirst

All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty.

Mitch Daniels

FaithGreatPeopleBornLiberty

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Louise Bogan

WorkOutMarbleStatueYourAgony

We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self.

Julia Cameron

FaithGreatSmallDestinyBelieve

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence.

Joyce Carol Oates

HistoryWritingWorldViolenceWhy

Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

Jayson Blair

SayFirstRemorseWellShowSure

I was a pitcher, and my dad played in college. The hardest day of my life was telling him I was going to quit to focus more on golf. But with golf, I felt like the game can't be perfected, and that motivated me.

Jordan Spieth

LifeFocusDayCollegeMeGame

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

Douglas Horton

FreedomDeathDoorWindowFlyOpen

I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music.

Bobby Keys

MusicLovedAlwaysLittleLikeWere

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.

Publilius Syrus

LiveFireDoorYouNeighborNext

Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.

Peter McWilliams

ComfortDiscomfortThroughMost

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