Bonnie Friedman Quotes
Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences.
Quotes to Explore
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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New synthetic substances - steel, concrete, glass - are actively superseding the traditional raw materials of construction.
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That's the reality of my life - I do normal things and then get to go to film festivals and wear borrowed clothes and turn up at premieres and talk about things I am passionate about. But then you click back to normality and your family and friends.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
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Frenemies are worse than enemies, and it's not just in the workplace.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our society, but in the bigger picture, it is ultimately about freedom. We are living in a time where public space has become a commodity for corporations to control and dictate what is seen and heard.
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I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather than a hat.
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I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care.
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In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.
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When we launched WeWork back in 2010, we saw our opportunity to build community by bringing people together.
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Estuaries are coastal bays, harbors, sounds and lagoons, places where rivers meet the sea.
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It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city.
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Before we had the Internet, we would either call or write to our friends, one at a time, and keep up with their lives. It was a slow process and took a lot of effort and time to learn about each other.
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Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences.
