- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always Quotes
Quotes on what stays constant.
These quotes describe things treated as constants - assuming a favorite team will always compete each season, or committing to always use one's art to elevate others. One even reflects candidly on always being honest about taxes. Related pages include Good Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, I think, displaced people imagine themselves leading double lives. So a portion of my identity has always been privately siphoned into what would have been if I had stayed in Wisconsin.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never made statements like, 'I'm quitting TV' or 'I'm quitting Bollywood.' I have always wanted to strike a balance between the two.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.
- Drama
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three years older than she is.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd be lying if I said that any part of writing is easy for me, but I have always found that setting comes more naturally to me than, say, writing action scenes.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved short stories. Even before I was a writer, I was reading short stories - there were certain writers where I just felt like they could do in a short story what so many writers needed a whole novel to do, and that was really inspiring to me.
- Heed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell my students to seek out other writers as models, and though it took me years to heed my own advice, it really was life-altering when I found writers who wrote long stories, full of back story and side plots and sub-histories.
- One Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing that's always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, I'll ask clients who've found a great contracting relationship how they did so. The answer is almost always that they heard about them through a friend or colleague.
- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
- Authority
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.
- Nov 07, 2020