Darin Strauss Quotes
What makes writing a memoir difficult is harder to quantify. Is it learning to know when you're ready to talk about something? Is it seeing the structure in a lumpen mass of fact? Is it finding out what you were really like as other people saw you? Yes to each.
Darin Strauss
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I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.
Taylor Swift
I would wake up really early and go into the hotel bathroom, put a towel over the toilet, and put my laptop there. I'd put my headphones on and just write. And so now when I do writing sessions, and I am stuck on a part, or I can't figure out a chorus, I'm just like, 'Give me a second,' and I'll go to that bathroom.
Camila Cabello
Fifth Harmony
I think people are just incredibly depressed and hopeless about the prospects for change.
Naomi Klein
You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.
Garry Kasparov
Hey, if we didn't overcharge for our product - guess what - people wouldn't have to buy used games.
Warren Spector
Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.
Abagail Johnson
I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.
A. S. Byatt
My favorite question is 'Why?' I think it can be really helpful - I also think it can be annoying to people at times; I'll admit that. But I really do try to understand why are we approaching it this way, does it makes sense, is this the right answer, why is it the right answer, are there other paths to getting there, could those be better.
Marne Levine
I like playing make-believe. And my brothers do it with me, so it's fun. It's almost better than chocolate ice cream.
Madylin Sweeten
Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all government workers receive generous pensions, they note.
Charles Duhigg
Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.
John Donne
What makes writing a memoir difficult is harder to quantify. Is it learning to know when you're ready to talk about something? Is it seeing the structure in a lumpen mass of fact? Is it finding out what you were really like as other people saw you? Yes to each.
Darin Strauss