Natasha Trethewey Quotes

A poem I write is not just about me; it is about national identity, not just regional but national, the history of people in relation to other people. I reach for these outward stories to make sense of my own life, and how my story intersects with a larger public history.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 26, 1966

Topics

LifeHistoryIdentityPeopleMeOwn

I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy.

Jim Dale

GoodLaughEasyWayCleverClean

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.

John Major

ParentsProudMostThanMuchMany

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to convict someone without evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.

Robert Shapiro

JusticeValueFreeBetterSomeone

I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.

Ann Romney

WinterMarriageLongHouseNever

My brother dying changed me. I didn't realize how strong I was until I lost my brother.

Amy Sherald

BrotherMeStrongLostDyingHow

I am spiritual but not massively religious, and I don't go to church. If someone said 'What religion are you?' I would say 'Christian.' But I don't practice.

Sophia Myles

ReligionSpiritualI AmPracticeYou

Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where.

Robert Bridges

FlyRestCloudKnowAirUp

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

Roger Ebert

LookMoviesUsMost

There are things I'm doing with 'The After' that would've never flown on 'The X-Files' and on network television, so it's more permissive. That's not to say that you want to abuse that. I think that a show like 'The X-Files' actually worked better as a network show with the restraints put on it, the censorship that was applied.

Chris Carter

ThinkBetterDoingYouTelevision

When you improve your product so it does the customer's job better, then you gain market share.

Clayton M. Christensen

JobBetterCustomerYouImprove

Family dramas are tough, as a playwright. Most stories are about characters going on a trip or a new character coming to town, because that's how you learn information about them. But with family, they all know each other already. There's years of history in every interaction.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

FamilyCharacterHistoryToughLearn

I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.

Bob Newhart

FunChildThinkLongYouSuccessful

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