Quentin S. Crisp Quotes
People often refer to a creative ability as a 'gift', and, of course, it is, in that, if I had sat down and logically tried to work out who I was and what I should do, I would never have come up with the idea of writing. It was already there, gratis, a given - a gift.
Quentin S. Crisp
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
Valentino Rossi
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
Pat Conroy
There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
Orlando Bloom
I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
Yves Tanguy
My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.
Natasha Trethewey
Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
Wally Lamb
Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions.
Jim Evans
I flush with heaving passion's strange delight, Yet find contentment lost in appetite.
Brian Swimme
There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
Frances McDormand
The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.
Barry Commoner
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
Harry Browne
People often refer to a creative ability as a 'gift', and, of course, it is, in that, if I had sat down and logically tried to work out who I was and what I should do, I would never have come up with the idea of writing. It was already there, gratis, a given - a gift.
Quentin S. Crisp
