John D'Agata Quotes
In its fifty-first year of publication, 'The Paris Review' continues to search for new ways to bring together writers and readers.
John D'Agata
Quotes to Explore
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
Bat for Lashes
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I know, as an actor, you have to negotiate, but I can't handle the whole idea that art and commerce are synonymous. It drives me nuts.
Sam Shepard
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
Ian Hart
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
Dan Pink
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
Captain Beefheart
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
Paige Craig
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I've never really thought of myself as depressed so much as I am paralyzed by hope.
Maria Bamford
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Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.
Sarah Addison Allen
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We tell ourselves stories in order to live.
Joan Didion
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare. I actually want to do this Shakespeare play in New York, but I think it's interesting that there's this gaping hole in the repertoire in the American theater, which is Shakespeare. It's hardly ever done, compared to how often it's done in other companies, not just Britain. Someone from the Roundabout Theater Company - I said, "You never do Shakespeare." And he said, "Yes, we're not very good at it." And I thought, "What a terrible thing to say.".
Alan Cumming
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The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.
Brian Tracy
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In its fifty-first year of publication, 'The Paris Review' continues to search for new ways to bring together writers and readers.
John D'Agata
