Natasha Trethewey Quotes

Often as a poet I find that I am somewhat outside an experience I want to hold onto, consciously taking mental notes or writing them down in my journal - for fear that I will forget. It's not unlike being on a trip and taking pictures, your face behind a camera the whole time - the entire experience mediated by a lens.

Natasha Trethewey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FearTimeExperienceI AmWriting

If matter cannot be destroyed, cannot be annihilated, it could not have been created. The indestructible must be uncreatable.

Robert Green Ingersoll

MatterDestroyedMustCannotBeen

A show like 'True Detective' is definitely a drama.

John Wells

DramaTrueShowDetectiveLike

I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end.

Michael Steinhardt

SuccessProcessEndAddictionFruits

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

Michel de Montaigne

Valentine's DayMeLovedYouI Can

I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.

Louie Anderson

FaceFamousNever ForgetLookYoung

Cannes is the oldest film festival in the world, and I've long dreamed of having one of my films there in competition. It's a dream that lay dormant for a long time; I stopped believing in it.

Denis Villeneuve

TimeCompetitionWorldLongDream

But first I want to get my master's degree at Columbia's School of International Public Affairs.

Christy Romano

SchoolWantFirstMasterDegreeGet

I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

Chely Wright

WritingLikeRecognizedGrammy

I was on Facebook. I'm not anymore, but my sister always sends pictures to a page. I'm sure you can find a Bradley Cooper there.

Bradley Cooper

SisterYouFindPicturesPageSure

I've learned to create a palette, a vocabulary of ways to take pictures.

Annie Leibovitz

CreatePicturesVocabularyTakeWays

Sports are trivial compared to matters of war and peace, but some parallels apply.

Pete Hoekstra

SportsPeaceWarMattersSomeApply

I'm 4'11", but that doesn't matter if I'm showing conviction and confidence in what I'm doing.

Payal Kadakia

ConfidenceDoingMatterConviction

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