James Salter Quotes
I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what I'm hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want.
James Salter
Quotes to Explore
One of the things we found out as we filmed with people who dealt with chimps, and with all animals, and it's really incredible, is their levels of intelligence that we don't recognize right away.
D. A. Pennebaker
I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
Dakota Fanning
For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I've only got a tourist's knowledge of it. I thought that if I disobeyed that basic rule of writing - write about what you know - I'd write a thin and inauthentic book.
Kate Grenville
In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
Tariq Ali
In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
Walter Becker
Steely Dan
Some discrimination is perfectly reasonable. The discrimination between trying to teach our kids what most of human history has thought was a desirable lifestyle that will contribute to their happiness, and trying to deter them - not to prohibit, and not to punish - but trying to steer them in a direction that will contribute to their happiness.
Bill Kristol
I like pieces that are cool and simple. I try to wear really cute things, but they just don't suit me at all.
Nicole Trunfio
There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.
Jay McInerney
I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what I'm hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want.
James Salter