Mark Russell Quotes
I think you can't write with anger. I think it always has to be with a wink. There always has to be an element of hope in what you write. Otherwise you're just getting mad and it's not going to be fun for anybody.
Quotes to Explore
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I want a baby from an Italian - possibly Sicilian - donor.
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In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.
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I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
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Travel is stressful.
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Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.
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My little sister, who is four, can work my mom's iPhone better than she can.
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Fame and money and all that - you hear people say it a lot, but they don't mean a thing to me.
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You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
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I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night.
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I'm intimidated by anyone with a British accent.
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The first time you watch a movie that you like, all of the magic works on you. It's an experience of having a world unfold in front of you. But if you watch it again, you start to see where the seams are.
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Marriage has been defined by every legislature that has ever sat in the United States from every State, now 50 States, the same way, but now we have unelected judges altering and changing that fundamental institution.
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People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for its democracy. Then the government sends out its army, in the name of this democracy, and leaves behind the kind of chaos we see in Iraq.
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Trump is a really complicated story and a difficult candidate to write about.
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In soaps, people come back from the dead all the time, to the point where death is just a bus stop.
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I'm always proud and pleased when people do my songs. It gives me pleasure that they even attempt them, because a lot of my songs aren't that doable.
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I wanted to be famous. It's embarrassing to admit, but I came out to L.A. thinking it would happen in no time. I thought, 'Once they see me, they'll be so glad I came.' I always had a ridiculous amount of self-confidence about what was going to happen to me.
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A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.
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I think you can't write with anger. I think it always has to be with a wink. There always has to be an element of hope in what you write. Otherwise you're just getting mad and it's not going to be fun for anybody.
