Ben Dolnick Quotes

A novel quite possibly won't be good and, even more possibly, will have not-good parts, but at least it won't shape-shift on you; at least you can say that you're halfway through and know that this maps onto some clear, visualizable chunk of narrative.

Ben Dolnick

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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.

Yani Tseng
- Up
- You
- Down
Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.

Jack Dempsey
- Thanks
- Number
- Honey
Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.

Natasha Trethewey
- Life
- Up
- Growing
I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.

Idris Elba
- People
- Up
- Time
Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.

Ian Hacking
- Self
- Just
- Some
I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.

Daniel Barenboim
- Up
- Why
- Want