Dan Chaon Quotes

People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale, we find ourselves fascinated because we're trying to understand why people behave the way they do, why they make the choices they do, how we become who we become.

Dan Chaon

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I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.

Jerry Lewis

LifeHopeManI AmJoySelfish

Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business.

Robert Stack

BusinessLadyDarlingFinestLucille

I'm a huge news junkie. I love what the news does.

Stephen Colbert

LoveNewsDoesI LoveHuge

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Simone Weil

PowerHumilityAttentionIntellectual

When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.

Trent Reznor

IdentityMeGrowing UpSearchRock

The people that are running the bulk of the comic shops in North America aren't business people and they don't understand sales. They don't understand good product.

Rob Walton

GoodBusinessPeopleAmericaSales

But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is a considerable experience.

Roger Ebert

SnowAloneExperienceWhiteVisual

I have had young fascinations but never love.

Rita Ora

LoveYoungNeverHad

The University of Timbuktu never existed. The only thing that existed in Timbuktu was a small mud hut.

Rousas John Rushdoony

SmallNeverMudUniversityOnlyHut

If London is the Emerald City, then Los Angeles is what exists at the other end of the yellow brick road.

Monika Chiang

YellowCityRoadEndBrickLondon

Voter suppression is at the very core of the Trump re-election strategy.

Jason Kander

StrategyCoreVoterTrumpVery

I wanted to be a meteorologist. I wanted to be a marine biologist.

January Jones

WantedMarineBiologistMeteorologist

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