Jim Crace Quotes
I am not - thank heavens - one of those 'driven' writers who spend a fortnight buckled with empty fright over an untouched page only to wake at two in the morning feverish with paragraphs.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.
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Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.
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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
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I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life. I try to keep that as much in balance with work as I can.
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I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships.
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We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everything else. And I think that's right and proper.
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I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.
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I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler.
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My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that - I do that by manipulating how and where I cut and what succession of images I work with.
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There are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.
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So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience.
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I thought my family was really funny. Everybody in my family was funny. My mom and dad both have great senses of humor and really saw the funny in stuff, so I think that's probably where it came from. I always try to see the funny in things.
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And then there is that one-man movement, Marcel Duchamp for me a truly modern movement because it implies that each artist can do what he thinks he ought to a movement for each person and open for everybody.
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I am not - thank heavens - one of those 'driven' writers who spend a fortnight buckled with empty fright over an untouched page only to wake at two in the morning feverish with paragraphs.
