Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes
As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they've changed and grown, if indeed they have.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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We all have the right to comment about each other.
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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being's, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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Drink up, he said. Drink up. This night thy soul may be required of thee. - The judge
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Despite the fact that he's been dead for over seventy years and his prose considered purple and overwrought by many, H.P. Lovecraft's work is still widely read and has remained influential for generations.
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Sometime in my 20s, a wise mentor said something that dramatically changed my outlook and that has stayed with me ever since. She told me to 'wear the mantle with dignity and pride.'
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Moving to New York is a big, brave thing to do.
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For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me.
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As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they've changed and grown, if indeed they have.
