Nelson Algren Quotes
The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.
Quotes to Explore
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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The fossil record is incredible when it preserves things, but it's not a complete record.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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I just write mechanical things.
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When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.
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I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things.
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Living in New York after 14 years, I'm such an outdoors kind of person. I love gardening and building things. I like restoring old furniture.
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The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
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What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.
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I think we're always intrigued by things we're not familiar with.
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When we have financial struggles, kids are so much more aware of things than we want them to be.
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I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.
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Some things in literature are inexplicable.
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A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
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I love going to football games and going to homecoming dances and just doing normal things.
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Gaps don't just happen. There is a generative element inside them, a welling motion as when cold waters shoulder up through warmer oceans. And where gaps choose to widen, coordinates warp, even in places constant since the oldest maps.
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Never say never - you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.
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The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.
