Jasper Fforde Quotes
There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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The reason I took Early Edition - besides the fact that I liked it - was that it enabled me to start a production company in New York City. It's a low-budget film company to produce and direct movies.
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I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace.
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So many of us, we love these things that come from Japan. We play the video games every day, we read the manga, people watch the cartoons, they absolutely love it.
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Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.
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I know the old ways. There’s nothing evil there, only strange, and not even strange when you know it.
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When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.
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I must be permitted to say that I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible as those which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
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Cader de la padella ne le brage.
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Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
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I think it's a tough road if you're a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don't. It's the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.
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I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.
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We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.
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Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason.
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I think there's little things you can do with a dermatologist that can stave off major, giant surgery, which is really scary. But I'm all for, if something's bothering you, fix it. At least talk to somebody to see what it would take to fix it, and see if that's for you or not.
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If you get asteroids about a kilometer in size, those are large enough and carry enough energy into our system to disrupt transportation, communication, the food chains, and that can be a really bad day on Earth.
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I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.
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I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.
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No one ever recognises me. Everyone says, 'You don't look like your pictures.'
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The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.
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There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.
