Phil Klay I’ve been asked what differentiates war literature as a category, and I don’t think there is anything. – Phil Klay Category Quotes Differentiates Quotes Literature Quotes War Quotes If you write a novel where war is nothing but hell and no one experiences excitement or cracks a dark joke, then you’re not actually admitting the full experience. It’s not a problem to be surrounded by other writers if that’s the craft that you’re doing. I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad. But I live near really smart, thoughtful people who take writing very seriously, and I can meet them for breakfast and talk books.
Elliott Erwitt I don’t really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially professionally, on the requirements. But my carry-around camera is a Leica. – Elliott Erwitt
Dana Schutz I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watching someone practice. It creates this kind of a strange in-between, which can be mirrored in the feeling of making a painting. – Dana Schutz
Jim Parsons When suddenly everybody is guessing, or some even getting close, to the ballpark of what you’re earning – well, that’s interesting, that everyone knows what you make. – Jim Parsons
Hannah Fry I’m an academic. I did my PhD in fluid dynamics and now I work at the University College London in an interdisciplinary department looking at patterns of human behaviour in urban settings. – Hannah Fry
Marcia Muller Women in mystery fiction were largely confined to little old lady snoops – amateur sleuths – who are nurses, teachers, whatever. – Marcia Muller
Deborah TannenPower Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other’s. – Deborah Tannen
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