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Dani Shapiro Quotes

I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: April 10, 1962

Topics

Life History Think Possible Events

Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service.

Service Breakfast Me Hotel Luxury

The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves.

God Mind Know Us Word Ourselves

I come from a blue-collar, Irish Catholic, pro-Kennedy, pro-union family of Democrats.

Family Irish Blue-Collar Democrats

Teenage years are hard. And, having taught high school for a number of years, I think they're particularly hard on teenage girls. The most self-conscious human beings on the planet are teenage girls.

School High School Think Hard High

I obsessively listened to all of James Lapine's shows as a child growing up in Cleveland and had every cast recording and every VHS tape of 'Into the Woods' and everything that James had done that I could get my hands on.

Child Growing Up Woods Hands Growing

Everyone has different ways of defending themselves.

Everyone Different Ways Defending

I just sat down and thought, I'm going to write a song today, I'm going to give it a try. So I just stuck it on a tape like everything else. That was just another song.

Today Song Thought Down Try Write

I would love to do comedy.

Love Comedy Would

Our public portrayal of fathers has shifted during my life. TV fathers have 'evolved' from real people like Sheriff Andy Taylor, Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver and Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, to cartoon dads like Homer Simpson and Seth MacFarlane's caricatures in 'American Dad!' and 'Family Guy.'

Life Family People American My Life

Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality that's considered authoritative.

Personality Political Want Must Just

History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

Power History People Without Us Who

All of us sing, all are equal, all bring something different to the group.

Group Equal Bring Something Us Sing

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