Buchi Emecheta Quotes
As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.
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I've never been a partier.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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As for the device we now call a TV or a cable box, I want it to be fast with a clean interface and seamlessly upgradeable to the latest software. I want it to be the primary source of all TV, not an ancillary device.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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It's never crowded along the extra mile.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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I don't need gold in heaven, I gotta have it now.
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I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research.
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McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object.
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I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it.
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Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
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As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.
