Louise Erdrich I grew up in North Dakota around Dakota and Ojibwe people, and also small-town people in Wahpeton. Writers make few choices, really, about their material. We have to write about what comes naturally and what interests us – so I do. – Louise Erdrich Choices Quotes Dakota Quotes Grew Quotes Material Quotes Naturally Quotes North Quotes Ojibwe Quotes People Quotes Smalltown Quotes Wahpeton Quotes Write Quotes Writers Quotes My father is my biggest literary influence. Recently, I’ve been looking through his letters. He was in the National Guard when I was a child, and whenever he left, he would write to me. He wrote letters to me all through college, and we still correspond. His letters, and my mother’s, are one of my life’s treasures. Talking about how I might write the next book is like talking about whether or not to have sex. Any dithering ruins it.
FaithReligionZal Batmanglij I don’t know if any specific religion is the one to subscribe to. I’m not saying, one way or the other. I don’t want to get involved in that. But, I think having faith in this experience we are having as a group of people on Earth helps a lot. – Zal Batmanglij
Grizz Chapman I get a lot of the time, ‘We don’t know how to market you,’ or, ‘You’re too big.’ Or, ‘We have one of you already,’. But you don’t have one of me already; you don’t have a seven-foot, lovable guy. You don’t have that. – Grizz Chapman
Cristin Milioti Callister’ is feature-length, and it’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever been asked to be a part of. It’s poignant and moving and thrilling. If this was one movie, it would be an accomplishment, and they make six of them. – Cristin Milioti
Hans Rosling To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure – those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights. – Hans Rosling
Jessica Pegula I like to put myself out there and learn through different experiences. – Jessica Pegula
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