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Ian Frazier
Ian Frazier
American Writer
Born: 1951
Book Humor Me People Think You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree. Ian Frazier
Think Tree Generally Climbed Upset Really Needed
I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre. Ian Frazier
Me Book Writing Own Books Would Superficial Russian Write Take Genre Read Forever Wanted Last
I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia. Ian Frazier
Saw Way Only Person Across English-Speaking Siberia
Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives. Ian Frazier
Humor Insanity Sense Out Some Russian Make Nonsense Lives Adapt
America to me is so varied and exciting. I always feel nostalgia for the place I'm not in, and then I get there and find myself in a traffic jam going into the Lincoln Tunnel, and I think, 'God, why was I romanticizing this part of the country?' I think it has to do with the romantic, unrealistic temperament. Ian Frazier
God Myself Me Country Think Find Temperament Varied Unrealistic Part Exciting Feel Always Lincoln Traffic America Get Going Jam Nostalgia Romantic Place Tunnel Then Why
I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will. Ian Frazier
Freedom Hate Will Would See Disappear Idea Wonder Maybe
I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces. Ian Frazier
Humor Pieces Reader Disregard
Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run. Ian Frazier
Long Run More Long Run Leading Economists Texas Create Shown Income Shrinking Actually
Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew. Ian Frazier
You Song Words Charms Knew Like Know Even
Once, America's size in the imagination was limitless. After Europeans settled and changed it, working from the coasts inland, its size in the imagination shrank. Ian Frazier
Imagination Changed Settled Once Limitless America Size After Working Europeans Inland
I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out. Ian Frazier
Life Crazy Man Believe Out Something More Horse Than
I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself. Ian Frazier
Funny You Yourself Humor Important Think Supply Reader Get Listener Things Chance
I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me. Ian Frazier
Work Me Better Clothes Think Imitate Detail Hat Indians Dress More Cowboy Cowboy Hat Than Just Want Anyone Prefer Two Humdrum
Russia has always had a global history. Global history is a bummer. You suffer invasions of all different kinds. And Russia was not defended against them. Ian Frazier
History You Different Kinds Kinds Russia Had Global Always Bummer Different Against Them Suffer Defended
Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay. Ian Frazier
Work You Somebody Way Okay System District He Like Know Knows Governor Human Patronage Connection Things
Russians don't complain, usually. Ian Frazier
Complain Russians
There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place. Ian Frazier
Heroic Something Idea Contemptuous Middle Place Plains Really Nowhere
To me, a bag in a tree is like a flag of chaos, and when I remove it, I'm capturing the flag of the other side. In the end, it doesn't matter how ironic or serious or even effective on a larger scale bag snagging may be. Ian Frazier
Me Matter Remove Tree Other Side Chaos Scale Bag Like How Effective End Ironic Flag May In The End Even Serious Capturing Larger Larger Scale
Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece. Ian Frazier
Funny Me You Writing Wait Humor Else Say Someone Something More Like Piece Does Watch
A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on. Ian Frazier
Good You Book Remember Opportunity Mind Pay Pay Attention Book Tour Summarize Way Good Opportunity Tour Attention Names Salespeople Selling Wander Your

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