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Abraham Verghese Quotes

I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.

Abraham Verghese

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: ethiopian
Birth: 1955

Topics

Love Poetry Anything Show Willing

They ask me, 'Are you queer?' I say, 'No, but if I felt that way, I would have been.' They ask me, 'Why don't you get married?' I say, 'Well I've never felt the need.'

Me You Say Why Way Never

With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.

Character Day I Am Ugly Painting

A day off after a show with no agenda in a foreign city is about the most fertile creative situation I can imagine. Just walking with nothing to do, killing time and hearing the sights and sounds of an unfamiliar place.

Time Day Creative City Walking

Shout out to Daryl Hall. He is the best. One of my true musical heroes. He comes from the Philly area so when it comes to true soul, the guy obviously is the expert.

Mayer Hawthorne

Best Soul True Heroes Expert Out

Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot .

Jeff Greenfield

Fancy Going Get Sure Somebody Shot

Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

Stephen Hawking

Survival Race Human Nuclear Weapons

I'm sort of a negative guy.

Negative Guy Sort

I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong.

Rupert Penry-Jones

Acting Wrong Always Something Just

With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check.

Men Waiting Ice House Security Old

I've got a nice collection of paintings - a Basquiat, a black-and-white Warhol that's like a Rorschach test, and I commissioned Takashi Murakami to do a ten-foot joint for me. It's almost like the explosion in Hiroshima with his famous skeleton head. There's a wall above my fireplace reserved for it.

Me Famous Wall Black-And-White Nice

The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn't all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly.

Dorothy Denning

Change Strong Data Now Will Digital

'Fix' - definitely, when I first heard the demo of that song, it was kind of intimidating because of the high falsetto parts. It was one of those things. I got into the vocal booth and wasn't sure I could do it or how well I could do it. There was something about the song that I really took to.

Song Kind Fix First High Something

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