Christopher Moore Quotes
You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.
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My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
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You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.
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Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
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Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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Love is a wonderful thing that one misses.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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I always take off my makeup. My mother always told me to do this, and I never go to bed without doing it. I use a good moisturizer and Mario Badescu face wash.
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Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection.
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I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can't go out and get messed up, he can't smoke in front of kids – he's the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can.
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Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.
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My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.
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I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
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So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.
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One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.
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When my mother passed away I was 20.
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Amy Adams was great to work with, fun and lovely.
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With memoir, you have the clay of your life to work with. When you're writing a novel, you have to make the clay first.
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You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.
