John Burdett Quotes
Have you seen anything strange about him?Strange? He insists on inhabiting an melting earth - isn't that strange enough without splitting hairs?He seems to be two different people. His personality switches from second to second. I heard something about it a long time ago.....what was it again?
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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It's time to bring a change because the world is changing. Let's open our minds and live in present.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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I like old Disney films that have an edge to them.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story.
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People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t
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I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element.
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I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is 'All the President's Men.' Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism.
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In Australia, I can just say to my mom, 'I'm going down the street.' And I can walk around pretty much all the places I know.
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Have you seen anything strange about him?Strange? He insists on inhabiting an melting earth - isn't that strange enough without splitting hairs?He seems to be two different people. His personality switches from second to second. I heard something about it a long time ago.....what was it again?
