Richard Powers Novel-writing is the only place where someone who would have liked to do anything can still do that vicariously. – Richard Powers Novelwriting Quotes Vicariously Quotes In 25 years of writing novels, I’ve never had anything that felt like writer’s block. We build our technologies as a way of addressing all our anxieties and desires. They are our passions congealed into these prosthetic extensions of ourselves. And they do it in a way that reflects what we dream ourselves capable of doing.
Lucy Alibar My dad, like many Southern men, is this very emotionally expressive person who isn’t as articulate in words about his feelings as he is with breaking a chair or something like that. – Lucy Alibar
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala From 1967 to ’70, Nigeria fought a war – the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army – my father joined the army as a brigadier – the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side. – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Chris Wood I only hope that people understand that if I’ve just come from the gym or am fresh off a red-eye flight and look like a sweaty mess, I might not be super keen on photo ops! – Chris Wood
Ross Butler When I was growing up, my mom didn’t let me watch a lot of TV. She said I couldn’t watch ‘Friends’ or that era of sitcoms. – Ross Butler
Paul Wesley I think any time anybody sees the bad guy show emotion and you’re not hitting the audience over the head, there’s always a tinge of empathy for that individual. – Paul Wesley
David Ebershoff When I see someone interesting on the subway – the lady with her new Bible or the delivery guy holding down a dozen Mylar balloons – my mind goes in two different directions. Where are they coming from? And where are they going? – David Ebershoff
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