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Patrick deWitt Quotes

I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.

Patrick deWitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: 1975

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Family Myself Listening Writing Find

In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on.

Joe Lhota

Time Government New York City New

I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

Joanna Lumley

Never Social Constraints Felt

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

Jerome Cady

Fear Yellow Quit Nothing Him Only

I don't usually think of my writing as a 'challenge' because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid 'writer's block' all these years.

Melody Carlson

Challenge Me Writing Think Enjoy

I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.

Anderson Cooper

Good People Think Process Possible

I find these shows very touching sometimes.

Robert Stack

Find Sometimes Touching Very Shows

I am a hopeless mamma's boy.

Michael Carbonaro

I Am Boy Hopeless Am

I know everything that you can do with digital processing and digital editing inside and out, but I absolutely refuse to push the buttons and don't even want to know how to load and unload the files.

Tom Scholz

Push You Know Want Editing Digital

To butcher a pork shoulder is to be forcibly reminded that this is the shoulder of a large mammal, made up of distinct groups of muscles with a purpose quite apart from feeding me. The work itself gives me a keener interest in the story of the hog: where it came from and how it found its way to my kitchen.

Michael Pollan

Work Purpose Me Kitchen Story Way

I started working out with my father the summer I was 13, which was incredible for our relationship. Those were my summers: working out with my dad, hanging out with my brothers, riding my bike. Pretty simple.

Michael Strahan

Father Relationship Simple Bike Out

Experience has shown us that attempts to control the Internet will invariably fail. We should be instructed by the failed efforts of China to regulate political content, the efforts of America to regulate Internet gambling, or the efforts of Australia to regulate certain speech. By its very nature, the Internet will always resist such controls.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Nature Experience Control Political

Silver Machine still sounds really modern with all the white noise. It's a bit punky in a way. They were ahead of their time.

Jarvis Cocker

Time White Silver Ahead Way Noise