Janet Fitch Quotes
I never know how a novel is going to end, because you don't really know what's going to be at the bottom of a novel until you excavate it.
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I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.
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I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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Moviewise, I would love to make the story of princess Erendira. She was a 16 year old princess/warrior who led her tribe in war against the Spanish around 1513. She almost defeated them, and the Tarascans were the only tribe the Aztecs couldn't defeat.
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Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.
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Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.
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I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting.
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As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, 'Don't write about this.' I am an actor; I am a public property. I don't own myself; public owns me.
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Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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Was there ever a nation on God's fair earth civilized from the bottom upward? Never; it is, ever was, and ever will be from the top downward that culture filters. The Talented Tenth rises and pulls all that are worth the saving up to their vantage ground.
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Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is.
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You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.
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In spite of recent jazzed-up one-day matches, cricket to be fully appreciated demands leisure, some sunny warm days and an understanding of its finer points.
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My party would not have allowed the Taleban to become such a huge force that they would need to sign a peace treaty.
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...with Indians there is an unhealthy love of the law...
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Of course some wars may have been necessary or inevitable, but none was ever regarded as holy. For us, a holy war is a contradiction in terms. War dehumanizes, war diminishes, war debases all those who wage it. The Talmud says, 'Talmidei hukhamim marbin shalom baolam' (It is the wise men who will bring about peace). Perhaps, because wise men remember best.
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Everyone wants to be James Bond, and there's a queue of guys ahead of me - but I will throw my hat into the ring. Bond is such an iconic role, you would have to seriously think how to approach it.
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Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
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Meditation is the single most powerful tool to aid recovery from disease and lead to a life of maximum health
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Astronomy would not provide me with bread if men did not entertain hopes of reading the future in the heavens.
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Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.
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I never know how a novel is going to end, because you don't really know what's going to be at the bottom of a novel until you excavate it.
