Carl Clinton Van Doren Quotes
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It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.
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I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
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I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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The blessings wrestling has given me have allowed me to find some new passions, but it's really hard when you've got that first love, and nothing really replaces it.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.
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I think it's very hard for coaches to work with me. They'll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they're under a lot of pressure.
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We came, we saw, we bedazzled! You know, and it's hard to be serious and thoughtful when you're dressed like a Skittle.
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There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.
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Growing up biracial, I didn't have someone to look up to watching TV or movies. Halle Berry was the closest one who looked like me. I'm happy to see more biracial people on screen, and I'm happy to represent for the little girls who didn't have someone who looked like me on TV.
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Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
