« All Thought Right Quotes
·
Amy Hempel's Page
Thought Right Quotes by Amy Hempel
1 Thought Right quote by Amy Hempel
More Quotes by Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel has 59 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of…
-
Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open.
-
I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait…
-
Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the…
-
Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.
-
An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.
-
I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands.
-
I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is…
-
I leave a lot out when I tell the truth
-
I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe, it’s that…
-
The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me.
-
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
See all 59 quotes by Amy Hempel »
More Thought Right Quotes
Popular Thought Right quotes from across the collection:
-
Be still and quiet, tune in with the Infinite Intelligence, and continue in right thought, right feeling, and right action, and you…
— Joseph Murphy
-
In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe...to see a man…
— Unknown Author
-
We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.
— Amy Hempel
-
Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.
— Richard Wagner
-
The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and as government is for the living,…
— Thomas Paine
-
I've always dabbled. I've always nearly written a book, I've always tried painting, I've always tried to make something out of ideas,…
— Ricky Gervais
-
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even…
— Benjamin Franklin
-
Keep a demon busy, I thought. Right. Maybe he fancies a game of Tiddlywinks.
— Rick Riordan
-
If u thought I was gonna fall 4 u, U thought wrong. If u thought I was gonna like u, U thought…
— Killa
See all Thought Right Quotes »
Browse Amy Hempel Quotes by Category