Meg Wolitzer Quotes
When you're writing, it's so absorbing. It's like a drop cloth goes over you, and the world outside falls away, but you do have a miniature version of the world, your own world, that you actually have some control over. I love to work.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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E-Verify is a very commonsense reform that we can implement here in the state of Florida. I think I share a lot of Floridians' frustration that it didn't pass and a lot of the politics that were taking place behind the scenes.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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It's always really funny to watch someone who really wants something who isn't getting it but who's desperate for it.
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I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school.
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You can be a sophisticated person and still have really old ideas about what love is supposed to look like.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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When you're writing, it's so absorbing. It's like a drop cloth goes over you, and the world outside falls away, but you do have a miniature version of the world, your own world, that you actually have some control over. I love to work.
