Walter Kirn Quotes

If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.

Walter Kirn

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When I go back to New York all these years later, I'll walk down Seventh Avenue, and I'll hear, 'Yo, Oz!' In New York, I get recognized for that all the time.

J. K. Simmons
- Time
- New York
- Walk
I'm at a point where there isn't any wasted movement in the throwing motion. Everything is consistent and smooth. When I first got into the league, I held the ball really high. That was the standard in college, and it messed up my timing a little bit - the draw, bringing it back, then the release.

Aaron Rodgers
- Up
- High
- College
I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.

Damon Albarn Blur
- Country
- English
- Emotion
If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.

Caitlin Doughty
- People
- Mean
- Information
Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice, frogs, and cattle murrain, and turning the Nile to blood and smiting the firstborn, give me a pass. And tell me when it's over.

P. J. O'Rourke
- God
- Perfect
- Idea
There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.

Ted Nugent
- Hand
- Guitar
- Masterpiece