Matthew Pearl Quotes
Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.
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I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.
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I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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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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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
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It's always helpful to have somebody help buoy you in difficult times and problem-solve with and to share the marvelous moments with as well.
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It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.
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My child was one of Nature's Tories pitted against a mother who was one of nurture's Lefties: it was no contest.
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A theory of cultural change is impossible without knowledge of the changing sense ratios effected by various externalizations of our senses. (p. 49)
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That's the way I like it because there's no time to have nerves about it. You just run out and do it.
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Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.
