Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
-
We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
-
Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.
-
If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
-
I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
-
I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
-
Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us.
-
I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?
-
There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
-
Where there is Torah it sustains the world.
-
Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
-
I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.
-
I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.
-
I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
-
I was the first one to say that there could be comfortable, sexy shoes, and it's a big part of our brand.
-
I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.
-
Anything salty and crunch is a world of perfection to me. Put chips in front of me, and I will eat to the bottom of the bag. Because I have the tendency to do this, I found these amazing Eden Brown Rice Chips. They're the perfect amount of salt and crunch, and there's nothing in them.
-
Starting a new business will take its toll on your time and energy, and this can place strain on family and social relationships, depending on their expectations and how open you are in your communication with them.
-
I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to keep pushing it.
-
You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?
-
What you really are afraid of is that you're competing against somebody who is rich and irrational. I mean, it used to be a given, a saying in the industry: Don't ever bid against Rupert Murdoch for anything Rupert wants, because if you win you lose. You will have paid way too much.
-
That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no.
