Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.

Madeleine L'Engle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1918 - September 6, 2007

Topics

CreativityAngelDarkSometimes

I'm being invaded by fashion pundits.

Steven Cojocaru

FashionBeingPunditsInvaded

I went to Spago once, eight years ago. I had just closed a deal. I thought it would be fun to go to Spago and it wasn't. I got a bad table and nobody paid any attention to me.

Michael Tolkin

FunMeThoughtAttentionBadTable

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

Mick Jagger

GreatPastRegretPlaceWantErase

Everyone knows I'm married; I just don't discuss it. Because it's a part of my life that I'd rather keep private... When your whole life is played out in front of everybody, for your sanity, you need parts that are just yours.

Jay-Z

LifeMy LifeYouNeedEveryoneOut

Seattle is this curious liberal 'island.'

Jonathan Raban

CuriousIslandSeattleLiberal

Playing the drums hurts my back.

Don Henley

BackPlayingDrumsHurts

I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.

Colm Toibin

PenFountainWriteFirstUpDraft

We're getting closer to our nature.

Clifford Geertz

NatureCloserOurGetting

I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime.

Anthony Bourdain

OpinionI CanAnybodyAnytime

There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.

Suzanne Vega

RulesJustNo RulesHurtingFights

I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.

Paulo Coelho

TimePriceDoneEverythingPayHigh

Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.

Tim Roth

RomanticMeThinkKindFirstRare

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