Famous quotes containing the word listen:
“Theyre fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say dont listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”
—Lillian Hellman (19051984)
“The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of.”
—Samuel Beckett (19061989)
“They listen for me in the bedroom
To ask me a thing or two
About who is too old to go walking,
With too much stress on the who.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)