“The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices.” Quote by Michael Dean Crapo
“We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.” PeopleLooksGoalCommonMembersCongressImperativesPartisansCommon GroundPartisanship Author:Michael Dean Crapo
“Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success, and in some ways it's better to have failure at the beginning of your career, or your life.” WaySometimesCareers Author:Michael Crawford
“I think one of the best words in the English language is compassion. I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference.” IfsThinkingCareLanguageDifferencesCompassionMaking A DifferenceEnglish Language Author:Michael Crawford
“I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself.” WayNeedsFeelsYearsBookSeemsMightNovelOriginalsI've LearnedHeroicGesturesLicenseTranslationsTranslators Author:Michael Cunningham
“I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that closely resembles the sentence I first set down. I just find that I have to keep zapping and zapping the English language until it starts to behave in some way that vaguely matches my intentions.” WayFirstsLanguageNovelIntentionSentencesFinishedBehaveEnglish LanguageSingle Sentence Author:Michael Cunningham
“I have no useful theories about love and marriage.” TheoryLove And Marriage Author:Michael Cunningham
“I love movies, I love television, I love narratives of all kinds.” KindTelevisionAll KindsNarrativeMovie Love Author:Michael Cunningham
“I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years.” YearsSeemsThreeNovelProduceThree Years Author:Michael Cunningham
“I know, speaking for myself, no matter what I'm able to do, no matter what book comes out and ends up on paper, I always had something bigger and grander in my head.” KnowsBookEndsMatterAblePaperBiggerNo Matter What Author:Michael Cunningham
“Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I'm finishing, even if it's turned out fairly well, is not the novel I had in my mind. I think a lot of writers must negotiate this, and if they don't admit it, they're not being honest.” IfsThinkingMindWellsNovelHonestHeroBeing HonestFinishingVirginiaMy HeroWoolf Author:Michael Cunningham