Pat Barker Quotes

What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.

Pat Barker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 8, 1943

Topics

HateBetterFictionKnowsThan

It was hard to make a living as an actor in New York if you did not do soap operas or commercials.

Robert Picardo

New YorkYouNewLivingActorHard

I very rarely watch anybody swing. All I do is follow where the ball goes.

Matt Kuchar

SwingFollowBallWatchWhereGoes

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Sol LeWitt

ThinkTeachCriticsRepeatArtists

Music is just a huge part of my life. It affects moods. I've always found it insane how you can hear one song, and it takes you back to a specific, specific moment in your life, and you remember it vividly like it was yesterday.

Mike Vogel

LifeMusicMomentSongMy LifeYou

Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.

Miguel de Cervantes

LoveWarSamePolicySame Thing

Of course I like to be tan, but now I try to avoid it. I don't mind having a little glow, but now when I go to the beach, I put SPF 50 everywhere - either Avene or La Roche-Posay Anthelios. I have freckles, so as long as my little freckles come out, I'm happy.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

BeachHappyMindGlowLongGo

I like to think I'm multi-faceted. Actually, my favorite roles are roles like in 'Far from Heaven.' Y'know. Soft people. Loving people.

Dennis Haysbert

PeopleThinkLovingHeavenSoftFar

Africans who immigrate to America know how little racism exists there. They suspect it before emigrating from Africa, and they know it after arriving in America. Indeed, America, the Left's depiction of it notwithstanding, is the least racist country in the world.

Dennis Prager

RacismWorldAmericaCountryKnow

I've always believed consumers have a right to know what's in their food.

Denise Morrison

FoodKnowRightAlwaysConsumers

Hopefully, sometime I get a superpower. I would like to be able to transport myself wherever I wanted.

Chloe Bennet

MyselfTransportWhereverSuperpower

Obviously, you've never seen a woman skydiving in a hoop skirt.

Chris A. Bridges

WomanYouNeverSeenSkydivingHoop

Every character thinks differently, and every character has a different energy and way that they tick. But to find a character like Kai, who is so far that he doesn't even feel things, he is so different from me. That is the most exciting part.

Chris Wood

CharacterMeEnergyFeelFindWay

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