Karen Joy Fowler Quotes
Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And 'Top Gear's really the easiest thing to do because I'm with my pals. It's like coming home with my friends. We're having so much fun making the show.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times, and I just go, 'Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that.'
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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The future of time, of how it's won or lost, endured or enjoyed, expanded or compressed, will depend on how it's valued, not how it's measured.
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Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind.
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Good wine needs no bush,And perhaps products that people really want need nohard-sell or soft-sell TV push.Why not?Look at pot.
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One of the things that made me try writing novels was I could take time off to be with the kids. That's the practical side of what I love about the writing life.
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If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.
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I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
