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N. K. Jemisin Quotes

I read a lot of history for fun.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 19, 1972

Topics

History Fun Read Lot

It always makes me sad when someone comments on how much they love my work- from 15 years ago! I don't want to be just another old school guy that fell off.

Work Love Sad School Me Someone

What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act?

Andrei Platonov

Thinking Will What If Act Left Get

I'll be honest. We copied everyone... the Beatles, the Bachelors. It was the only way people would even listen to you.

People You Way Listen Everyone Only

When I talk to friends and editors about possible projects, especially about projects that might come with a significant cash advance, they usually suggest a biography. Sometimes I'm tempted, but the prospect of spending years researching and writing about someone else's life offends my vanity.

Life Writing Friends Someone Vanity

I had some of the students in my finance class actually do some empirical work on capital structures, to see if we could find any obvious patterns in the data, but we couldn't see any.

Work Finance Data Find Class See

The media and press can be relentless, especially with women. Personally, while I take pride in my appearance and enjoy the compliments, when I'm on court, it is all about my game.

Women Game Pride Media Enjoy Take

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers.

Love Want Knowing Who Set How

To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.

Roberto Benigni

Lie Acting Audience Pretending Front

I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me it's one small piece of art.

Roberto Cavalli

Art People Me Small Clothes Buy

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

Strong Lifetime Because Four None

And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.

Morning Proud Better American Looks

In the '90s there were these great end of the world movies like 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact'... I always liked the idea of what people on the ground are doing, not so much the people who are trying to stop the world from ending.

Lorene Scafaria

Great People World Ending Deep End

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