Erin McKeown Quotes

Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.

Erin McKeown

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• The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Today
  • House
  • Night

• I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Taste
  • Away
  • Classic

• Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • You
  • Depression
  • Medication

• Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Time
  • Age
  • Taken

• It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Why
  • Funny
  • Hate

• When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Emotional

• It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Remember
  • Stars
  • Privilege

• The bad reviews get to me, believe me.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Believe
  • Bad
  • Me

• I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.

  

  Nat Wolff
  • School
  • High
  • Think

• The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

  

  Harper Lee
  • World
  • Book
  • Think

• There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • People
  • World
  • Spiritual

• The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

  

  Edgar Fiedler
  • Business
  • Independent
  • Look

• The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • Want
  • Communication
  • Without

• I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • People
  • Work
  • Negative

• When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Black
  • Black-and-white

• For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.

  

  Tammy Bruce
  • Women
  • Brother
  • Husband

• I've always adored my father's music, but ever since I'd started singing, whether it was while I was still a student at the University of Massachusetts or professionally, I avoided Dad's material.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Music
  • Father
  • Dad

• You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Fear
  • Me
  • Treat

• The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.

  

  Indira Gandhi
  • Problems
  • Environmental

• I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Like
  • Things
  • Repeat

• It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with gray-turning, gold-turning light. The Shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. There was a slow, pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool, lovely day.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Long
  • House
  • Light

• We work as a team, and that is a huge part of why we have been successful; we run fast as a team.

  

  Aneel Bhusri
  • Work
  • Why
  • Team

• The Earth has never warmed this fast. We need to see how much we can change the world in the next 20 years.

  

  Bill Nye
  • World
  • Earth

• Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.

  

  Erin McKeown
  • People
  • Wonder
  • Independent