Ethan Canin Quotes

A ten- or twelve-page story seems too easy, which is a funny thing to say considering that writing a decent short story is devastatingly difficult. Yet it still seems easier than a novel. You can turn a short story on a single good line - ten pages of decent writing and one good moment.

Ethan Canin

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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.

Harold Ramis
- Like
- Radical
- Critic
If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.

Taylor Wilson
People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.

Valerie Jarrett
- People
- Trying
- Looking
I really, really loved making 'This Is My Life' and 'Now and Then.'

Gaby Hoffmann
If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.

Jack Kemp
- America
- Change
- Congress
It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?

Dana Brunetti
- People
- Good
- Attention