John Von Achen Quotes & Sayings

I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science. — Richard Powers

You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls. — Tom Berenger

Skaters are infamously superstitious. — Ashley Wagner

I think the hill one has to trudge in order to understand a man's baggage is more of a trek than I'd like to take right now. — Shirley Maclaine

There are some quite funny things about getting famous and stuff, but I think there comes a point where you have to think to yourself, "Well, am I doing this because I want to go to a party and meet Britney Spears? Or am I doing it because I want to create something that excites me?" — Jarvis Cocker

why to get stress or get bore ..
When you have flipdark to get ultimate entertainment — Donald

Rowan was watching Chaol as if he might be dinner. — Sarah J. Maas

The way you got sideswiped was by going back. I — Joan Didion

Mick Jagger's fans bought records with their allowances. Sinatra's people bought them out of wages. — Pete Hamill

God is at the helm even when you think your ship is sinking. Just keep trusting that the captain knows more about where you're heading than you do, and eventually you'll get where you need to be. — Kevin Alan Milne

I think every guy that hits his 40s has a little bit of a wake-up call and wants to just keep things real, as they say, and just to push yourself. — Bill Rancic

Down the sidewalk
where laborers feed their dirty
glistening torsos sandwiches
and Coca-Cola, with yellow helmets
on. They protect them from falling
bricks, I guess. — Frank O'Hara