Ann Beattie Quotes

I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new.

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.

Don't make things too complicated. Try to relax, enjoy every moment, get used to everything.

I just like hanging out, really. I'm not too hard to please.

This is my life: it's an easy life. It's not complicated.

It's easy to impress me. I don't need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I'm happy. I'm satisfied. I'm content.

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

I'm enjoying simplifying things.

Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.

I can stand in a crystal stream without another human around me and cast all day long, and if I never catch a single fish, I can come home and still feel like I had a wonderful time. It's the being there that's important.

I have a pretty easy life.

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.

I love my creature comforts.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.

I am old. My wish now is for an easy, easy life.

We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.

Breathing in South Korea, even though the life here is not easy, makes me so happy. I feel that sitting in a coffee shop, having a cup of tea, and looking out of the window at the blue sky - this is happiness. Truly happiness.

If you're living a nice lifestyle and you have no problems, you put on our record, you won't get it.

Sitting on a plastic chair at night listening to the sea lapping below while sipping a cold beer is about as good as life gets.

I like comfort and I like simplicity.

I love playing with my dog and just sitting on the patio with people I don't get to see very often anymore. I'm a pretty simple gal.

I have this very simple logic about life that it should not be taken too seriously.