Rachel Swirsky Quotes

Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.

Rachel Swirsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 14, 1982

Topics

PeopleMagicAlmostMuchThem

My life's far too complicated to be summed up in one song. It would take 20 just to represent one single day.

Meat Loaf

LifeDaySongComplicatedSingleUp

When I was 16 or 17, I remember kissing one of my first girlfriends, Kim Anderson, under a stairwell at Disneyland. I'll never forget that feeling.

John Stamos

RememberNever ForgetFeelingForget

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.

Stanley Milgram

ResponsibilityActionIgnoreEasy

History is how we have learnt to think about ourselves. It's not as though the Greeks and Romans are static entities out there to be discovered and translated. We make them speak, we talk to them, and they inform what we say.

Mary Beard

HistorySpeakThinkSayTalkOut

There's a satisfaction I get from writing fiction that I will never get from screenwriting.

Jonathan Tropper

WritingSatisfactionWillNeverGet

I love movies and always, always have.

Dito Montiel

LoveMoviesAlwaysI Love

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

Dean Winters

BestActorSecretBringRoleThing

I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.

Cheryl Mendelson

LifePoetryWritingPhilosophyAdult

Some nightlife places, people aren't there for the music, and it's depressing. I'm not just a club DJ; I am a producer, and I'll only DJ when the crowd is there to enjoy the music.

Ansel Elgort

MusicI AmPeopleDJEnjoyPlaces

I went from being a kid-kid, listen to everything from The Beatles through Kiss, Peter Frampton, Jethro Tull classic rock, classic stuff into immediately, it seemed like, Iron Maiden and stuff like that. The first Iron Maiden record and then, obviously, the first Metallica record.

Phil Anselmo

KissRockListenClassicFirstIron

Paul Ryan is the gold standard for conservatism.

Sean Duffy

GoldConservatismPaul RyanStandard

I'm trying to be entertaining without being mean.

Tina Brown

TryingMeanWithoutEntertaining

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