V. S. Naipaul Quotes
If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
V. S. Naipaul
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
Edmund White
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
Mandy Patinkin
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
Larry David
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People are getting careers from YouTube and uploading videos. And they're totally different - you can't necessarily be funny on a video, and then all of a sudden you're live in a theater. You don't have the tools yet. It's a lot more involved to go from being funny on a little iPhone screen to being live in front of people and being funny.
Wanda Sykes
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
Garth Ennis
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
Dana Perino
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I'm certainly not a Robin Hood, I'm not that way. I don't want to come through, burn everybody for $200 a ticket and then they can't afford to come see me again. Plus, I just don't think it's right. I don't think we need that much money. I just do what seems like the logical thing to do.
Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was 4 years old.
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
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Find some fun way to get a little more oil on your hands or mud on your boots. Sometimes, that's what it takes to take down some of the really big problems.
Astro Teller
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You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye.
Charlotte Rae
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
Taylor Sheridan
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
V. S. Naipaul