Lydia Davis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
-
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
-
I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
-
I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
-
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
-
I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
-
I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
-
It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
-
As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
-
You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
-
It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
-
Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.
-
Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
-
I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
-
Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
-
This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
-
If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
-
No dream is ever chased alone.
-
If you were handed power on a plate you'd be left fighting over a plate.
-
I like learning things, and I like that writing comics is an excuse to look into new stuff and research and learn new things and hopefully put them in books.
-
Actors usually tend to gravitate towards the evil things that stretch them.
-
I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent.
-
I like everyone who tries to show that madness is, in large part, conditioned by society and particularly by the family, and therefore, strongly affects women.
-
I do see an interest in writing for Twitter.
