Quotes by Tony D'souza - Page 1

I should be writing a poem every morning but I'm not.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Morning
Should
Writing
Poem
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Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Giving
Hands
Two
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I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Doubt
Great American
No Doubt
Students
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Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give the Muse a chance to get to know you.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Discipline
Giving
Lifting
Lifting Weights
Muse
Writing
Mr
Weights
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When I first read 'On the Road,' it helped me figure out how to live against the grain. Now I wonder how to be subversive when the subversive has become mainstream.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Firsts
Grain
Mainstream
Subversive
Wonder
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In the time it takes American literary titan William H. Gass to write a novel, other artists have been born, completed their life's work and died. That may be an exaggeration, but only a slight one.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Artist
Died
Exaggeration
May
Writing
Life Time Work
Completed
Life Work Time
Literary
William
Slight
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The O. Henry has become lingua franca among writers for saying, 'That guy can write a story.' It's prestigious, respected, coveted, dreamed about. It's very satisfying to be included in this group of writers. Here's a koan: Could O. Henry win an O. Henry?
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Guy
Prestigious
Satisfying
Winning
Writing
Dreamed
Included
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I once waited on Sean Connery. A long time ago. This was at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. They closed down the restaurant for him, and when he walked in with his morning paper, all the waitresses started squealing. He was a big guy, bigger than in the movies.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Morning
Edinburgh
Guy
Hotel
Long
Long Time Ago
Paper
Sean
Big Guy
Closed
Connery
Waited
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In a way, 'On the Road's greatest victory is that nobody's eyes will be opened any longer by reading it; the last time I met any young people who were actually 'on the road' was when I covered Occupy St. Louis. Those few, dirty kids were fighting a battle even they couldn't articulate.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Battle
Covered
Last Time
Louis
Articulate
Occupy
Opened
St. Louis
Young People
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In a way, 'On the Road''s greatest victory is that nobody's eyes will be opened any longer by reading it; the last time I met any young people who were actually 'on the road' was when I covered Occupy St. Louis. Those few, dirty kids were fighting a battle even they couldn't articulate.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Kids
Dirty
Reading
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Nicaragua is a World Bank and International Monetary Fund designated 'heavily indebted poor country,' with little legal ability to control its economic future: Everything is for sale. And once Nicaraguans decide to cash in and sell their houses or farms, they have to look far inland for anything affordable.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Legal
Affordable
Cash
Farms
Fund
Indebted
Monetary
Nicaragua
World Bank
Bank
Economic Future
Sell
Houses
Inland
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Nicaragua is a World Bank and International Monetary Fund designated "heavily indebted poor country," with little legal ability to control its economic future: Everything is for sale. And once Nicaraguans decide to cash in and sell their houses or farms, they have to look far inland for anything affordable.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Country
House
Looks
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When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea of the changes in store. In the summers, I'd backpack through Europe, follow the Grateful Dead. I had a car and a tent and traveled around the Great Lakes and out West. Jack Kerouac was my guiding light, his 'On the Road' a sacred text.
Tony D'souza / Novelist
Europe
Grateful
Great Lakes
Lakes
New World
No Idea
Sacred
Summer
Traveled
West
Wide
World Wide Web
Backpack
Changes
Dead
Early
Follow
Gimmick
Grateful Dead
Guiding
Jack
Road
Store
Summers
Tent
Text
Web
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