- Fiction Writer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
It's interesting: when you're kind of 'known' for being a writer, people don't think you've done anything else.
- Animals
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love animals, and I was always attracted to the idea of being a zoo veterinarian or a veterinarian with the circus.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think any man can be won over by being fed my Chicken with Roasted Garlic, Pancetta, and Rosemary.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Under the Obama administration, 80-90 percent of individuals making asylum claims with children were released after being processed and given a court date. Inevitably, they started living in the U.S. illegally for years to come. This is the policy the Trump administration is trying to change.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mission of Border Patrol agents to protect the United States from harm is being impeded by a crisis Congress has the ability to fix, but as usual, chooses not to.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not being asked to conform to some prior expectation of what a Congress member is, but I'm just getting to be me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do like my hair being pulled from time to time, it's like a pair of reins, innit?
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to a haunted house once, and I don't do well in situations like that, and I've lived my entire life not being scared or anything.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020