Garth Stein Quotes

The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization, plot and dialogue and pacing and word choice and point of view. Then there's also the art of it which is sort of the unknown, the inspiration, the stuff that is noncerebral.

Garth Stein

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 6, 1964

Topics

ArtSchoolWritingLearnViewYou

The period in the name - huge mistake, I know. We didn't think about that. We never thought we were going to be written up in magazines. The second we saw it in print, like, what a mistake, man.

John Gourley

ManMistakeThinkThoughtNameKnow

What nourishes me also destroys me.

Angelina Jolie

MeDestroysNourishesAlso

My task is becoming more and more delicate, while the difficulties increase constantly.

Jean Moulin

MoreDifficultiesTaskBecoming

We take literature too seriously.

Amitava Kumar

LiteratureSeriouslyTakeToo

To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club. It's great not to be the only member any more!

Stephen Kinzer

GreatWelcomeMoreClubOnlyWho

The weirder the better for me.

Sia

MeBetterWeirder

It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me.

Trombone Shorty

MusicWaterDayMeYouEvery Day

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

Robin Van Persie

LongPlayWantPossibleLevel

I started to develop my comedy skills when I became resident singer at the Boggery Folk Club in Solihull. My career blossomed from there, and I became a big draw on the folk-club circuit.

Jasper Carrott

ComedyCareerSkillsClubSinger

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

Jaromir Jagr

PeopleJudgeYouPlayWayPlayoffs

Even in a world with much sadness, at its essence, life is beautiful.

Dianne Reeves

LifeBeautifulWorldSadnessEssence

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

Dian Fossey

BehaviorLearnDietMoreSteps

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