David Leavitt Quotes
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.
David Leavitt
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
Harlan Ellison
My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
Natasha Trethewey
If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
Karl Kraus
The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
Dana Boente
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.
Ramez Naam
To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
Samantha Morton
I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.
Laura Marling
Greed puts out the sun.
Ursula K. Le Guin
The stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living.
Edward McKendree Bounds
Chicken, yeah, that's me. I'd rather fight an old rogue-vamp in my underwear, with my bare hands, than deal with relationship problems.
Faith Hunter
Some people can handle fame, some can't.
Jonny Lee Miller
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.
David Leavitt