James Rollins Quotes
I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.
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When I go back to New York all these years later, I'll walk down Seventh Avenue, and I'll hear, 'Yo, Oz!' In New York, I get recognized for that all the time.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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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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Keratin can be very colorful, as we see in birds. We'd expect dinosaurs to be very colorful because they basically invented the characteristics we see in birds.
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On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.
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The Kitchen was a really great concept; it just wasn't at the price point that made it accessible to people. People could visit occasionally, and some people were coming regularly. It just wasn't a novel concept for every customer.
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I live in Santa Barbara. My wife's American, and she lived in England for 11 years and then told me she'd had enough.
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If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.
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Don't sacrifice alone time with your spouse just because the kids seem needy. A united front requires adult time alone, so put it in the calendar and make it a priority. A house cannot stand on a shaky foundation.
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I've had a fantastic career. I can sleep at night, and I'm happy with that.
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I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.
