English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Michael Cunningham Quotes

Gus the driver is everywhere and yet he appears nowhere, not in portraits or photographs, not even in the stories of men like Barthelme and Carver, who were all about guys with jobs and prospects like Gus's but who insisted on more sorrow, more angst, than Gus remotely manifests. If Gus weeps sometimes for no reason, if he stands despairing in the aisle of a Wal-Mart, it is not apparent in his daily demeanor...

Michael Cunningham

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place. Ben Crenshaw
I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that. Mike Lee
Henri Matisse quote: "I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is..."
I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. Henri Matisse
Nicole Richie quote: "I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget..."
I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget that people are watching you. Nicole Richie
The whole blear worldof smoke and twisted steelaround my head in a railroadcar, and my mind wanderingpast the rust into futurity: I saw the sun go downin a carnal and primevalworld, leaving darknessto cover my railroad trainbecause the other side of theworld was waiting for dawn. Allen Ginsberg
I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that. Lynn Johnston
Jane D. Hull quote: "Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the..."
Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media. Jane D. Hull
More and more people back then, and not just Andrew MacIntosh, had found ensuring the survival of the human race a total bore. Kurt Vonnegut
Jim Otto quote: "The first game I played. We played against the Dallas Texans."
The first game I played. We played against the Dallas Texans. Jim Otto
The facts and techniques or whatever they teach you in class isn't going to be veryuseful in the real world, that's for sure. Haruki Murakami
Jane Austen quote: "Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you..."
Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure. Jane Austen
Gertrude Stein quote: "Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded."
Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded. Gertrude Stein
Ron Silver quote: "Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character."
Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character. Ron Silver
Wesley Snipes quote: "I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a..."
I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. Wesley Snipes
If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. Hubert H. Humphrey