Jay McInerney Quotes
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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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 find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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You do have to learn how to wear a kilt, and it's certainly very liberating and very freeing, but surprisingly very comfortable to wear, to ride a horse in a kilt. I was surprised by that.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States.
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All the managers in the world are here to win games.
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Over the last 15 years or so, Manchester has undergone huge transformation - from a city in decline and on its knees to one that is growing, vibrant and confident.
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I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'
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A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.
