David Foster Wallace Quotes
It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.
David Foster Wallace
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If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script... The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.
Wallace Shawn
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
Dan Brown
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
Karan Johar
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
Oliver Cromwell
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
Edmund White
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
Adam Davidson
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A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.
Jane Smiley
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As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the park.
Jon Pardi
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To get Congress working again, I'm dedicated to working with anyone who has an open mind, good ideas, and a willingness to work together.
Brad Schneider
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It's almost like while you are working for the WWF everything is fine and good, but if you are no longer employed by them they want you to just drop off the face of the earth and it's like you never existed.
Jerry Lawler
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He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.
Bob Crosby
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It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.
David Foster Wallace