Natasha Trethewey Quotes
When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to the computer is when I actually start thinking about lines. That's the workhorse part. At that point, I'm being more mathematical about putting the poem on the page and less intuitive about the rhythm of the syntax.
Quotes to Explore
-
I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
-
I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
-
I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.
-
I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
-
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the day would come to shop. He knew the classical repertoire inside out.
-
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
-
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
-
If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
-
I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
-
I'm a natural blonde!
-
I wanted to get a cropped hairdo, but Sreenu Vaitla loves my look in 'Chiruta,' so he suggested that I keep the long hair.
-
Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
-
I don't see myself as a diva at all.
-
There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
-
It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name.
-
I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
-
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
-
There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
-
I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
-
I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.
-
All I can do is listen to what my body needs and feels.
-
Our lives are without reason, nothing outside the individuality.
-
I think my style is kind of a cross between a skater hippie and an R&B star. If there were something I was going to endorse, it would probably be something like sneakers. Something that would be me.
-
When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to the computer is when I actually start thinking about lines. That's the workhorse part. At that point, I'm being more mathematical about putting the poem on the page and less intuitive about the rhythm of the syntax.
