- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think children have competed with my career, they have clarified it. My children ground me. They make me honest.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't consider myself a massive self-promoter, and I don't feel I've ever had to behave in a way that didn't come natural to me in order to progress.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.
- Painful
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All of which call for escaping into really long books.
- Itself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love epistolary novels and became wildly excited when the form presented itself to me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great to be able to just go with an idea and not have 10 people in a room telling me why I can't write in a huge mud slide at a school function with 50 kindergartners running around.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was important for me early on to find the voice of each character and figure out what was unique about them and their individual worldview that I could use for comedy or conflict.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard endless conversations between my parents when I was going to sleep about how we would survive, how we would continue. All of them were about trying to make me better.
- Embodies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020