Jasper Fforde Quotes
Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.
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One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.
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That studies have shown that more people are getting up earlier, they're getting their news earlier. They're getting less sleep, getting up at earlier hours.
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I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get back to it. But there are days when I don't know what's coming next, and I really have to force it.
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Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.
