Nancy A. Collins Quotes

Back when I was growing up, getting caught with a copy of 'Creepy,' 'Eerie' or 'Vampirella' was almost as bad as your parents finding out you were reading 'Playboy.'

Nancy A. Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1959

Topics

ParentsGrowing UpReadingFinding

Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling.

Meghan O'Rourke

GriefWavesFeelingMoreDifferent

HBO is turning 'Game Change' into a miniseries, and they've cast Ed Harris as my dad.

Meghan McCain

ChangeGameCastTurningHBOHarris

You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.

Max Landis

MeWritingActionThinkYouFind

Any time the character is in a moral quandary is interesting. That's been true from the Greeks on down.

Robert Sean Leonard

CharacterTimeInterestingDownTrue

More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is hard pressed to describe how they really look.... as if Tolkien has summoned archetypes from so deep in our minds that we can only recall them incompletely.

John Howe

DeepLookPersonMindsMoreHard

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

Michael Douglas

KnowSharingEverythingSidePretty

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.

John Simon

DemocracyIgnorantDecideThings

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

John Ralston Saul

DemocracyFreeCapitalismRunWill

The good news about New Mexico is we bring a lot of movies, a lot of television series out here, so I'm hoping I continue to work out here in New Mexico along with being part of my community.

Steven Michael Quezada

WorkGoodCommunityTelevisionNew

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan

PovertyTerrorismDevelopmentCauses

I believe in campaigning for health care, not warfare.

Mimi Kennedy

HealthBelieveCareI Believe

I overanalyze things way too much, to the point where it affects my life. Like, when I'm talking to a boy, I'll overanalyze a text message he sent. And I have to think to myself, 'Just chill out. Some guy sent me a text message. That's all. Don't read something into it that's not there. Just be glad he sent you a text message!'

Lucy Hale

LifeMyselfMeThinkChillMy Life

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Nancy A. Collins