Ellen Datlow Quotes
I hate being bored when I read a story. Even a well-trod theme can be made fresh by a different perspective or fresh writing.
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The more I go on in this career of making albums, writing songs and playing music, the more I think of each album as a movie. I really wanted to make a film, but making a film is much more expensive than making a record.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done.
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I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
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Democrats hate success.
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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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The first time I went to therapy, I had to stop going because they were making me hate my parents.
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Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience.
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I do not have the slightest bit of racism in me. I do not judge people with regards to the colour of their skin, their origin, or their religion. I defend them all, because I defend French people. And, of course, I defend the interests of France, the interests of French people.
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I love snow; I love building snowman. The only thing I don't like is the cold - so if we could have a hot Christmas, that would be amazing.
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I hate being bored when I read a story. Even a well-trod theme can be made fresh by a different perspective or fresh writing.
