Neil Strauss Quotes
People don't come out for book events. They want to feel an emotion and be entertained.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. And then somebody threw just one more ping-pong ball in there, and literally, in five seconds, the room was popping. And then it was dead. And that's how it was with 'Dallas.' Just... 'boom!'
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Women's stories have been neglected for so long - unless they were queens. Exploring the history of women is a way of redressing that imbalance.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way.
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I have no drawing talent whatsoever. I cannot do it.
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There are a lot of great people everywhere. And there are also a lot of not so great people.
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People don't come out for book events. They want to feel an emotion and be entertained.
