Hagenstein Lectures Quotes & Sayings

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time. — Frank Norris

Just because you get to a certain number doesn't mean you have to roll up into a ball and wait for the grim reaper. We were put on this earth to do something! If you stop using your brain, at any age, it is going to stop working. It's like if you stop using your hand, it will atrophy. I think doing nothing is a curse. — Iris Apfel

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer. — Kimberly Willis Holt

Stupidity was when you took risks for no good reason. Courage was when you took a calculated risk in order to accomplish something important. Had — Brandon Mull

"Out of any piece of wood a god may be carved. — Arthur Schopenhauer

No matter who you are, not everybody is going to like what you do, so as long as you're armed with that knowledge, you'll be okay. — Mara Altman

Look, girls don't care how many push-ups you can do. They just want to get high and wear flowers in their hair. Maybe steal a car. — Donald Ray Pollock

Whenever I put the headset on now," he'd continued, "I really do understand what I find there. When those kids sing about 'She loves you,' yeah well, you know, she does, she's any number of people, all over the world, back through time, different colors, sizes, ages, shapes, distances from death, but she loves. And the 'you' is everybody. And herself. Oedipa, the human voice, you know, it's a flipping miracle." His eyes brimming, reflecting the color of beer.
"Baby," she said, helpless, knowing of nothing she could do for this, and afraid for him.
He put a little clear plastic bottle on the table between them. She stared at the pills in it, and then understood. "That's LSD? — Thomas Pynchon

I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids. — Christian Slater