Donna Tartt Quotes
The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I don't let anything kill my spirit.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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Film and television essentially feel the same when you're doing it, because it's the same technical approach.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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I've made my career, made money in real estate and real estate development.
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My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.
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The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up.
