Pamela Druckerman Quotes
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.
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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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Economic, social, and other kinds of regional cooperation are not possible so long as there is apartheid. Therefore, it seems the duty of all mankind to destroy it.
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I'm a work in progress.
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Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
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I've had a couple of long relationships. And I've had a couple of shorter relationships.
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I am by trade a designer, and I did Fine Art for my degree.
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So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.
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I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.
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I think we make too many records. One record a year is crazy to me. But some people have to sell tickets. The label has to meet their quarterly number: 'We need a record a year.' All of a sudden, the tail's wagging the dog. It's not the music; it's everything else making the music. That's just backwards. It's wrong.
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On that subject I am coy.
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No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art its own categories of appreciation, makes its own demands upon art, and has its own uses for art.
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I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.
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Babies aren't savages. Toddlers understand language long before they can talk.
