Joe Klein Quotes
What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.
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Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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It takes heart to be in political life.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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'Big Bang' is unbelievable; I'm blessed, but it's not the only thing in my life.
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I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting. And I think that many of my skill sets from being a housewife I used for producing. Because you don't stop until it's done.
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I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh, this is exciting,' but after I got home, I looked back and thought, 'That was an incredible experience.' I got to work with some massive names in Hollywood, and I learnt so much, and then it really kind of struck me how life-changing it was.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.
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I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.
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I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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Yes, it's true - I love the roar of the crowd. When the fans are with you, their voices come together in a big booming rush of sound that you can actually feel in your body - almost like a wave that lifts you and carries you past your own limits.
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The point of what I do is that it doesn't really matter what a book or a story is as long it moves you, informs you, challenges you, entertains you, or changes you.
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What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.
