David Shields Quotes
Both of my parents were journalists, and my rebellion, such as it was, was to become a fiction writer.
David Shields
Quotes to Explore
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
Captain Beefheart
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
Patrick Marber
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
Jacki Weaver
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
Harold MacMillan
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The first time I heard Adam Feeney and Chester Stone Hansen's 'Vibez,' it was used in Drake's '0-100' as a sample.
Yuna
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
Gabriel Mann
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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
Warren Spector
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.
Bam Margera
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I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
Gary Oldman
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
Nancy Garden
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
Barry Sanders
