A Quote by Jane Smiley

In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high.

Jane Smiley

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Jane Smiley
American - Novelist
Born: September 26, 1949

And Garrison Keillor I think is a fascinating guy and really entertaining.

Woody Harrelson

I like listening to Garrison Keillor's 'The Writer's Almanac' with my daughter.

Amitava Kumar

No one wants to hear me doing my best Garrison Keillor... I think that he's inimitable; he's one in a billion.

Chris Thile

If I can be a better businessman than I am a football player, that would be pretty successful, because the bar is set pretty high.

Bobby Wagner

Garrison Keillor's 'Lake Wobegon' books create a world I can immerse myself in over and over. I love the deadpan humour, the warmth, and the wonderful characters in The Sidetrack Tap. I discovered them when I was about 30, starting with 'Leaving Home' and 'We Are Still Married,' and fell in love with the place and those flat Midwestern vowels.

Fiona Barton

I don't know if there is redemption for people like Charlie Rose or Garrison Keillor. An apology helps, but what really matter are deeds.

Ann Wilson

Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great gifts of email.

Ellen Bass

The bar for loud family meals is set pretty high when you come from Portugal.

Mariana van Zeller

The fantasy of doing a task perfectly is common with procrastinators; they set the bar for success very high. Then they are afraid to approach it. As the deadline approaches, they must set the bar lower.

John Perry

I don't care to read about Garrison Keillor. We cover the same sort of territory, and I don't need to know anything more about him.

Donald McCaig

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ~Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Something that's good in the mini-culture of 'Happy Endings' is that the goal is to try and make each other laugh. There is a pretty high bar, and you want to make the writers laugh, and you want to elevate what's already great material - and also, we're like, 'Who is even watching this? Let's just go for it.'

Casey Wilson

The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.

Mary Roach

A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on. I pour a cup of coffee, listen to Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, and then I write.