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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
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got friends in the different teams I've played for, but family is the most important thing to me. That will always be the case.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Parkour is with me, and it will continue to be with me. It is something that I love, and it's intrinsic to me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet.
- Chattering
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get moved to write a story, I don't question the story. I dive right in, and I try to ignore the voices that are chattering away at me: 'You can't do that', 'You shouldn't do that'. I just sort of leap and take a chance and go for it.
- Curiosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
What fascinates me as a writer is the stuff underneath, To me, what drives a novel is the curiosity behind the character and the depths that you want to find in that character.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway, when darkness lifts and reveals the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
- End Result
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a construction project for me is like writing a novel. I can't do the project unless I can envision sort of the whole structure and see what the end result might be.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't imagine putting my name on a t-shirt. For someone to wear my name? Me? It's ridiculous.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything I write goes through a lot of drafts. A hundred rewrites is not unusual for me to go through - the last fifty maybe just going back and forth on a single line or word selection.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will go where the Lord and the leaders of His Church want me to go, I will do what they want me to do, I will teach what they want me to teach, and I will strive to become what I should and must become.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020