Deborah Eisenberg Quotes
One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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I never had a kid before, and it's the best. It's something you're privileged to be part of, and my favorite things in the world are my kid and wife.
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The good want power, but to weep barren tears. The powerful goodness want: worse need for them. The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom; And all best things are thus confused to ill. Many are strong and rich, and would be just, But live among their suffering fellow-men As if none felt: they know not what they do.
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What I would like to be remembered for is that Walter Washington changed the spirit of the people of this city, that he came in as mayor when there was hate and greed and misunderstanding among our people and the races were polarized.
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me.
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One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.
