Actual Quote by Sufjan Stevens Download Open image “It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.” — Sufjan Stevens ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actual Affect Hard Places Really Say Way Write You
I've often written about places that are totally different from anything I know. Sometimes they turn out better. — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
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Being in unfamiliar places has no effect on my writing, except that it often means I'm caught up in the logistics of travel, the… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
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I've never written nearly as much about place as people seem to think I do. I just write about class. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
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I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Everyone suffers; life is pain; and death is the final punctuation at the end of that sentence, so deal with it. I really think… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
“Now that I fell into your arms My only lover, give out to give in I search for the capsule I lost” — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
There's a sense of urgency in understanding that your body is not really your own. We can control it to a certain extent through… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I felt that there's an obligation when writing a piece about an urban expressway made in the 50s to acknowledge the context, and Robert… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
“I forgive you, mother, I can hear you And I long to be near you But every road leads to an end Yes every… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Some of my music requires an obsessive-compulsive approach and a real embodiment of excessiveness. So I really have to live in that world of… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Every time Jimmy Scott sings, it's the same but slightly different. I don't know how he does that or where he gets that from.… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Imagination is a pretty powerful thing, and when you're in the moment and you're riding a train and you're asked to look scared, I… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
To cover politics in Washington allows you to live in the very, very wide gap between what the actual truth is, and how people… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
If the first bite is with the eye and the second with the nose, some people will never take that third, actual bite if… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
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Seeing the actual, 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe', I absolutely loved it. It became one of my favorite… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
I heard I won 'best butt crack' on television recently. It's true. I did it, you guys. I made it. I wish I got… — Lisa Edelstein Copy Share Image
Technically and logically speaking, actual Victorian science fiction writers cannot be dubbed 'steampunks.' Although they utilized many of the same tropes and touchstones employed… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
Ten years ago, TV cookery shows were about a man or a woman following recipes. Now, it's all about journeys and campaigns and less… — Drummond Money-Coutts Copy Share Image
I've had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months - it's sort of like getting your oil checked - I ask,… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
