David Shields Quotes

I have a teaching job that allows me to pay the rent and affords me to, frankly, write the books I want to write.

David Shields

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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.

Sally Kirkland
- Revolution
- New
- New York
You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.

Nathan Fillion
- People
- Guy
- Want
I'm a huge gamer. I'm very excited, and the idea of the Rift was as a headset that was designed around the specific uses of VR gaming. But I'm excited about a lot of stuff that's outside of it, because I was a VR enthusiast. I want VR to be the thing that we all live in, that we all use for everything, not just games.

Palmer Luckey
- Live
- Want
- Everything
I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.

Utah Phillips
- Work
- Money
- Looking
The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.

Ted Nelson
- Money
- Space
- Ideas
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

Oscar Hijuelos
- Work
- Writing
- Emotional