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 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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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
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Being a tomboy worked to my advantage in fashion. I'm known as the androgynous girl - I've used it in a way that works for me. I've never felt a pressure to change myself. I do own a few Rick Owens dresses - they're more like long tank tops, though.
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Those who object to wit are envious of it.
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I think there's a fear once things start to blow up - as the people say - that if you stop for a second, it will all go away.
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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.