Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes
Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.
Roy Blount, Jr.
Quotes to Explore
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Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.
A. B. Yehoshua
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When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.
Samuel Lover
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The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.
Tayari Jones
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The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
Nathan Myhrvold
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I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
J. M. G. Le Clezio
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
Irvine Welsh
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The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.
Washington Irving
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I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.
Laura Marling
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I grew up loving computers and math, actually. I also loved English literature and French, but I became obsessed with computers when the Apple II was coming out.
Parker Harris
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I founded a club, which is called the Brutally Early Club. It's basically a breakfast salon for the 21st century where art meets science meets architecture meets literature.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that.
Barry Jenkins
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Focus on making you the best you can be as an actor, and follow your own path.
Craig Sheffer
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We shot 'High School Musical' in eight weeks. I spent longer rehearsing for 'Hairspray' than filming 'High School Musical'.
Zac Efron
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Early on, I knew I had ideas, but I wasn't sure when it was appropriate to bring them to the table, and I was so intimidated by these titans that I was working for. But it started around the time of 'Tron,' when I was really excited by the creative process and the prep that went into that. I spoke up often at those writing sessions.
Olivia Wilde
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I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.
Joaquin Phoenix
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I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing myself as a good student, and also, my parents had expectations. They wouldn't have cared if I got a B or a C or even a D.
Emmylou Harris
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Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.
Roy Blount, Jr.