Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Edmund White Quotes

Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 13, 1940

Topics

Ideas Become Fables Approach Some

Truth is a pathless land.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Truth Truth Is Land

I'm not made of glass.

The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans are the oldest people on the face of the earth. The people now called Africans not only influenced the Greeks and the Romans, they influenced the early world before there was a place called Europe.

John Henrik Clarke

People World Face Early Place Earth

I would like to have directed Hollywood musicals in the '40s and '50s.

Hollywood Would Like Musicals

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

Deep Comedy Place Play Way Naive

When I had the idea for 'Shopaholic', it was as though a light switched on. I realised I actually wanted to write comedy. No apologies, no trying to be serious, just full-on entertainment. The minute I went with that and threw myself into it, it felt just like writing my first book again - it was really liberating.

Sophie Kinsella

Light Myself Writing Book Comedy

Don't worry that you can't seem to come up with sure billion dollar winners at first. Just do projects for yourself for fun. You'll get better and better.

Yourself Fun Better Worry You First

When I first started out, I kinda just wanted to do comedy stuff, and thankfully, I had a fair amount of success. I've been able to be on, I think, almost virtually every American sitcom.

Success Think American Comedy First

I've never got on with recipes. Free yourself - throw them out!

Yourself Free Never Out Got Recipes

I take a lot of pride in my songs.

Pride Take Songs Lot

Once you're on, nobody can say, 'Cut it.' You're out there on your own, and there's always that thrill of a real live audience.

Live You Nobody Say Real Out

I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace.

Work Women Culture Woman Think Long

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Edmund White