E. L. Konigsburg Quotes

When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or female. Also, I was a great admirer of E.B. White, so I may have thought that it would bring me luck to submit my first manuscript as 'E.L.' But if I were starting out today, I would use my first name.

E. L. Konigsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 1930 - April 19, 2013

Topics

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I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe.

Joan Didion

StrongUniverseOrderSense

As comics if you aren't rubbing people the wrong way, to me, you suck.

Jermaine Fowler

PeopleMeYouWrongWaySuck

I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands.

Matthew Heineman

GovernmentLawHandsOwnFailTake

We definitely wanted to show we're a band that can be around, and we have something to say other than the lighter, 'pickup line' sort of songs.

Matthew Ramsey

SayBandLineSomethingShowSongs

I learned early on to stay away from gossip magazines and reviews. That stuff just makes you unhappy, and I know actors that read everything that's written about them and they're miserable. You can choose what to let into your life.

John Travolta

LifeUnhappyYouChooseEarlyKnow

Money is a way of expressing no compromise.

Steve Wynn

MoneyCompromiseWayExpressing

I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet dancer.

Travis Fimmel

CarWalkHouseBuildFixGuy

You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping.

Robert Bourassa

PeopleYouNeedOnlyEffectFew

You have to be open to everything.

Ruud Gullit

YouOpenEverything

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

Mike Krzyzewski

SchoolBasketballHigh SchoolYear

I don't know if a penny's dropped somewhere, but you've had 'Lark Rise to Candleford,' you've had 'Cranford,' you've had 'Last Tango in Halifax,' you've had 'Call the Midwife'... I think the largest portion of the viewing public are over 55, and they like to see people they can identify with.

Judy Parfitt

PeopleThinkPennyYouRiseKnow

When I'm doing a book tour in the States, I'll wake up in the room sometimes in an anonymous chain hotel, and I don't know where I am right away. I'll go to the window, and it doesn't help there either, especially if you're in an anonymous strip and it's the usual Victoria's Secret, Gap, Chili's, Applebee's.

Anthony Bourdain

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