"Most writers' view of the New West is……" — Walter Kirn
"Most writers' view of the New West is either phony - obsessed with the same tired mythology - or it's obsessed with anti-mythology, ... There's not a lot of realistic, observant writing about the West right now."
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51 Quotes by Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn has 51 quotes on this site.
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but…
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The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at…
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Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate…
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Some strangers become more important to you than family, maybe because you're not expected to love them. You can leave…
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Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better…
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A writer turns his life into material, and if you’re in his life, he uses yours, too.
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In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth..
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At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound…
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Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end…
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The market is the only critic that matters.
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The best critic needn't be right, just interesting.
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I've been told my old city possesses a 'thriving arts scene,' whatever that is; personally, I think artists should lie…
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Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and…
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I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!
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I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find…
— Michele Bachmann
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Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.
— Daniel Barenboim
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My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel,…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.
— Theodor Adorno
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Most American media outlets that are controlled by Jews seem to be reflexively, or at least habitually, anti-Israel.
— Conrad Black
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Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been…
— Jo Brand
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.
— Bill Bryson
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Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.
— Sandra Bullock
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