- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.
- Nov 07, 2020
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I never had a month or so go by where I haven't had a job, but you always worry that someone will turn off the tap.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never give up hope.
- Grains
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you first start doing it, being on tour is inspiring, because you've never been anywhere.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020