Alan Ball Quotes

I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict and, with true love and understanding, work things through. I'm sure they do exist, but I never knew any of them.

Alan Ball

Quotes to Explore

I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.

Laura Harrier
- Earth
- City
- Easy
I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

Jack Levine
- Wish
- Paint
- I Wish
With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?

Felix Dennis
- People
- Book
- Free
People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- People
- Happy
- Crazy
Nashville, I think, for me, personally, would be where I want to live and work. L.A. is a whole other world and has a whole other vibe to it, so I would like to come out here for work for a couple of months, but L.A. is just not really my scene, per se.

Caleb Johnson
- World
- Work
- Live
I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

B. B. King
- Singer
- Blues
- Entertainer