Jeannette Walls Quotes
I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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If you want the Migos to come to your venue, you need to have security there because of the type of music we're rappin'. We get fans excited.
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness.
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I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.
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Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
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Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
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There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising into a song.
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I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
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I got into writing in college... well, in elementary school. But in college, I started writing seriously and had a professor who read my writing and gave me permission to pursue that as a real effort and time-consuming effort.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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My first love was the sound of guitar.
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With my own group I like to keep it loose. They have to counter rather than go with me. When they stop I like to be moving.
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I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.
