Tad Williams Quotes

'Why can nothing be simple?'Geloë shifted on her stool. The wise woman’s voice was surprisingly sympathetic. 'Because nothing is simple, Prince Josua.'

Tad Williams

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There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.

Beau Willimon
- Done
- Job
- Know
The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.

Rachel Kushner
- Time
- Art
- Age
Art lies by its own artifice.

Ovid
- Art
- Lies
- Own
Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

Samantha Power
- Long
- Think
- Political
I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.

Walter Cronkite
- Different
- Words
- Years
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

D. B. Weiss
- People
- Create
- Go