Darin Strauss Quotes
Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I've got a general callout with the Caribbean world in which I'm interested in helping in any way to get their well-written good stories out to the rest of the world. I am really interested in helping those stories get to a completion and public viewing.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
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When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love for the art of teaching they were speaking to.
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When you're as chaotic as I am, you need a very firm structure in your life.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.
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They got into fact checking at the 'Paris Review,' and it was mortifying. There was a wrangle about Hemingway's lost stories that nearly killed me. It turns out he didn't lose those stories. They weren't stolen from the platform.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
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I enjoy Augusta. I enjoy its challenges. There's no other golf course like this anywhere. Its greens and its challenges on and around the greens are just super, super tough. So the greens are fun to play in sort of a morbid way.
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A culture, we all know, is made by its cities.
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Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.
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I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.
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We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people - and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through.
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Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
