Author: Michael Dirda

Quotes

Adventurous reading allows one to escape a little from the provincialities of one's home culture and the blinders of one's narrow self.

Adventurous reading allows one to escape a little from the provincialities of one's home culture and the blinders of one's narrow self.

- Michael Dirda

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

- Michael Dirda

Critics for established venues are vetted by editors; they usually demonstrate a certain objectivity; and they come with known backgrounds and specialized knowledge.

Critics for established venues are vetted by editors; they usually demonstrate a certain objectivity; and they come with known backgrounds and specialized knowledge.

- Michael Dirda

My gift, if that's not too grandiose a term, is one for describing novels, biographies, and works of history in such a way that people want to read them.

My gift, if that's not too grandiose a term, is one for describing novels, biographies, and works of history in such a way that people want to read them.

- Michael Dirda

A job should bring enough for a worker and family to live on, but after that, self-realization, the exercise of one's gifts and talents, is what truly matters.

A job should bring enough for a worker and family to live on, but after that, self-realization, the exercise of one's gifts and talents, is what truly matters.

- Michael Dirda

While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power.

While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power.

- Michael Dirda

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