Dean Koontz Quotes
I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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The GOP is broken. They need a Bill Clinton moment with someone to figure things out. Let me just say - and I don't agree with his policies, so let me put a warning label on the side of the packet here - If George W. Bush had never gotten in the disastrous Iraq war, he was trying to modernize the party on a series of fronts.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.
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Human beings all mimic each other.
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Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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I've got a sister who races motorcycles and another sister who's a Holy Roller preacher.
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I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.
