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Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes

We're all happier when we know less, because the details are frightening and haven't really improved much. The more you pay attention, the more horrifying the world is.

Paolo Bacigalupi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: August 6, 1972

Topics

World Details Attention You Know

My whole approach to wardrobe is, throw it in a suitcase and make sure they don't press it, for Pete's sake, so I can try to display some rumpled charm. Actually, I'm just a pig. I've got coffee stains on my pants. I think they're coffee stains, anyway.

Mel Gibson

Coffee Think Pig I Can Try Pants

I put a lot of pressure on myself and I think I am quite... well, intense about driving other people.

Matthew Fox

Myself I Am People Think Pressure

In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The way I look at it, E.T. stole a bit of my son's childhood.

John Ratzenberger

Son Age Childhood Look Way First

I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is still so much to do.

Sophia Amoruso

Time Too Much Done Want Because

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.

Sue Monk Kidd

Forgiveness Truth Time People Die

I am not as bad as people would suggest. Not as good as I would like to be.

Robbie Williams

Good I Am People Bad Would Like

If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.

Mikhail Bakunin

Slavery Turn State Domination Then

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

Coretta Scott King

Freedom Struggle Win Ending Process

I'm always mystified by the day-to-day workings of entities like Twitter that provide framework but not content, but I suppose it could be compared to the U.S. Postal Service, which manages to keep a lot of people employed doing lots of stuff other than writing letters.

Susan Orlean

Service People Writing Doing Letters

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.

Paul Thomas Anderson

School Writing High School Jungle

I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.'

Paul Watson

Play Say Always Pirate Just TV

It's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to the subject. This is what people like about my work, and what the critics hate.

Paulo Coelho

Work Hate People Me Feelings Go