James Lee Burke Quotes
Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.
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You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
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I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
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In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
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A painting that is well composed is half finished.
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I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.
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Chicago made me. They can treat me however they want to treat me anywhere else in the country. When I go back home, they treat me like I'm a star.
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Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.
