Daniel Woodrell Quotes
I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books, I have to start a new direction.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many of those sectors, they weren't as early as Tencent.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.
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I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
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I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.
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One thing I am sure of is that I won't judge a dance reality show.
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New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.
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Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.
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It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
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Any actress will tell you - it's really hard. If you're not an A-list Hollywood movie star, if you're in the middle, there are people who assume you wouldn't do certain things without even asking you, when actually you probably would. And there are people who always think you are busy doing something else.
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It's my approach as a filmmaker always to go in, not with a thesis or preconceived notion, but with curiosity and questions and inquiry. So in some way, I'm always surprised. I'm always finding paths of engagement.
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Boys always like to see girls kiss. I don't get it; girls don't want to see boys kiss.
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I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books, I have to start a new direction.
