Quotes by Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel
American short story writer and journalist
Alive from: 1951-
Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary)
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A love affair begins with a fantasy. For instance, that the beloved will always be there.
Source: The Dog of the Marriage (2010) 70 -
An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.
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Dreams: the place most of us get what we need.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 373 -
For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 202 -
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 32 -
He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 391 -
I am not quite myself, I think. But who here is quite himself? And yet there is a way in which we are all more ourselves than ever, I suppose.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 236 -
I get rational when I panic.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 46 -
I leave a lot out when I tell the truth.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 106 -
I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.
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In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 129 -
Just because you have stopped sinking doesn't mean you're not still underwater.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 8 -
My job ... I do nothing, it pays nothing, but - you guessed it - it's better than nothing.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 6 -
The only time the word baby doesn't scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 284 -
They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.
Source: Rick Moody (2007) 32
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