Atomic Quote by David Means Download Open image “Alice Munro is an atomic writer blasting doors into narrative time.” — David Means ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Atomic Doors Narrative Time Writer Writing
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished, her stories handled lovingly, turned over and over, gazed at and studied and breathed in… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
My favorite writer is Alice Munro. It's simply amazing how well she captures entire lifetimes in a single short story. — Chloe Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I don't think she is underappreciated, certainly not among writers, but Alice Munro is the classic underappreciated writer among readers. It is almost a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
“Alice falls into her own story all at the cost of seeking the answer to the Looking-glass question; (novel/stageplay/screenplay/audiobook)” — Zizzi Bonah Copy Share Image
Alice Stewart [is] a much underestimated scientist who has been an indomitable challenger of the establishment and a thorn in the flesh of the… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
No one who was not by nature a lover of logic, and an extreme precisian in the use of words and phrases, could have… — Stuart Dodgson Collingwood Copy Share Image
“There are only so many hours in the day for amateur pursuits—and very few writers are as gifted as Wallace Stevens or T. S.… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro. — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
In the days following 9/11, when we were reeling and disoriented, there was a kind of solace to be found in old recordings, and… — David Means Copy Share Image
Wars never simply end, not for those in combat and not for the culture, and one way or another, they shape-shift from generation to… — David Means Copy Share Image
Every interaction with another person involves a dance of expectation, even when you're just passing someone in the street. Inside those moments - however… — David Means Copy Share Image
I love the nooks and crannies of the American landscape; the back roads and back alleys, the places that are still untouched by the… — David Means Copy Share Image
I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal things in… — David Means Copy Share Image
The more you know about Bob Dylan, the less you know. A truly enigmatic artist, Mr. Dylan's work and life offer vaporous handholds, explanations,… — David Means Copy Share Image
As a story writer, you have work with sharp but relatively small tools, the picks of metaphor, the shovel blade of images, the trowel… — David Means Copy Share Image
In 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac,' Mr. Yorke's lyrics were often unfathomable, moaned and mumbled and forced beneath the surface of the music. In 'Hail… — David Means Copy Share Image
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once a high… — David Means Copy Share Image
I like landscape, I guess. It's kind of a game to see how you can describe it. — David Means Copy Share Image
You don't know what you need when you're a young writer. You can get small slivers of critical input, advice, comments, but if you're… — David Means Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if a writer should talk about themes. Themes arrive out of the deeper structure and concerns, but to me, the main… — David Means Copy Share Image
If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights. — Theodore William Richards Copy Share Image
“The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the term is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice.… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
“Master radiation and you will be able to master modern human illnesses and diseases.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers. — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atomized at a time when the Japanese were suing desperately for peace. ” — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter. — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
The tragic nuclear accident at Fukushima underscored the urgent need to enhance nuclear safety and the international emergency response framework. I commend the International… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
General Atomics, the progenitor of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, started life in 1955 when a major military contractor, General Dynamics, feared that the military… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Wiping a warring city off the map will be a statement to the world, as it was in 1945.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image