Meg Rosoff Quotes
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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The L.A Trilogy is a series of three novels starring Ray, a robot detective, and his boss, a computer called Googol. Set in an alternative version of 1960s Los Angeles, each book will be more or less standalone but together will form an overarching story arc with 'Brisk Money' as the origin story.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.
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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
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People saying, 'Life didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.' Welcome to the club. I wanted to be the starting center-fielder for the Boston Red Sox, for chrissakes!
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I go out and take oysters, clams and mussels every 2 weeks or so during late fall, winter and early spring. I particularly like to go out when there is a below-average ebb tide because that exposes clamming grounds and oysters that are usually under water.
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When everyone sees good, then bad exists.
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He had a so-so game. He played adequately.... Everybody's a work in progress right now.
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Every day a piano doesn't fall on my head is good luck.
