J. G. Ballard Quotes

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 15, 1930 - April 19, 2009

Topics

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I was thrilled when this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature went to Neal Schusterman's 'Challenger Deep.' This brilliant book takes you into the mind of a mentally ill teenager and deserves all the accolades it's received.

John Corey Whaley

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I'll make changes at receiver before I make a change at the quarterback.

Jeff Fisher

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I have a very fun life. I don't recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.

Ron White

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I think all the music I do, which ties together, as far as I'm concerned, is fun and entertaining.

Ry Cooder

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In Boston they have gone from large autonomous high schools to smaller schools within the same building.

Michael Welch

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Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

Michael Patrick King

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I grew up as a Democrat in a very strong Democratic family, but I will tell you that the Democratic Party that exists in this country is not the Democratic Party I grew up around.

Michael T. Flynn

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The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise.

Michael Kors

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When I was born, there was a very isolated idea of what it meant to be a man or a woman, and you belonged to one gender or the other.

Javier Bardem

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I am anxious to fix welfare. There has to be more training and child care.

Janet Yellen

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I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.

Don Rickles

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And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.

Cornelia Funke

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