Nancy Kress Quotes

Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1948

Topics

DogGoodWordsSweetStoryYou

I feel I am strange to all but the birds of America.

John James Audubon

I AmBirdsFeelAmericaStrangeAm

We get caught up in all the stress - 'Got to do this, is this the right thing for me to do?' - but what about the thing you want to do? That's what'll keep you young. It's empowering, not becoming a prisoner of some other person's idea of what you should be.

Matt Dillon

StressMeYouPersonYoungWant

In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

Jeff Hawkins

LifeWorkFreedomSchoolPeople

You can't be afraid of rejection. That was one of my problems when I was approaching girls: I was always afraid of what they were going to say to me.

Trevor Jackson

MeProblemsRejectionYouSayGoing

I've always loved who I loved, and it never mattered to me where they were from. That's how it should be: wherever your heart tells you to go, you go.

Rutina Wesley

HeartMeLovedYouGoNever

I've worked all my life not to be a simpleton.

Roisin Murphy

LifeMy LifeAll My LifeWorked

I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me.

Michael Korda

MyselfMeThoughtEnoughKindNever

The Internet is a collective hallucination: one of the best humanity has ever generated.

Jonathan Zittrain

BestInternetHumanityCollective

I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly.

Dolores O'Riordan

LoveLiveI AmTryingNowKids

Before I go on selling the joy of working with your spouse, I should make something clear: Although we have a great marriage, it is as trying as anyone's.

Christa Miller

MarriageGreatJoyTryingSelling

A quiet, non-attention grabbing, 'Hey, just wanted to say that I enjoy your work' is perfect.

Chris Wood

WorkEnjoyPerfectQuietSayJust

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light.

Boris Pasternak

TimeLightDarknessStepBelieve

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