James Salter Quotes
I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening; you don't want to go on. That's what I think is hard - the discouragement that comes from seeing what you have done.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.
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There is a figure that is adored, but I'd question very strongly that it's me.
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We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search. If the 'World Spirit' touches you, do not expect that it will be painless.
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I did miss the music a bit - but only in the wings, when I was waiting to go on. It seemed dreadfully quiet, rather unnerving. But the wonderful thing was that one didn't have to be quite so obsessive about one's health, and one's voice.
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I'm most proud that I thought of Beats at 55.
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I just don't analyze what I do, because I'm afraid I won't be able to do it anymore. I'm sort of superstitious. And that's why I've never looked back at any movie I've done.
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I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening; you don't want to go on. That's what I think is hard - the discouragement that comes from seeing what you have done.
