John le Carre Quotes
Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
Quotes to Explore
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.
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I sing around the house, in the shower.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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When we started looking at the bigger television ecosystem, you see that there's not that many serialized TV shows being made for TV. The economics are lousy: They don't sell into syndication well; they're expensive to produce.
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Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee.
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One of my favorite guys when I was young... I've always loved Bill Cosby. I've always wanted to direct him in something.
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In a city, there's more room to be, where in a small town, you have to squish yourself down a little bit. And it's exciting for me to be pursuing a career where I don't have to be small.
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I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it.
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Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
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All the media are horrible.
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I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive.
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I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.
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Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?
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I do get around. Geographically, that is.
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Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.
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The San Gabriel Valley, stretching from Pasadena to Pomona, is especially starved for open space. The valley has a rich array of ethnically diverse communities, but it also has some of the highest rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in the state.
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Sometimes I'm asked if I do research for my stories. The answer is yes and no. No, in the sense that I seldom plow through books at the library to gather material. Yes, in the sense that the first fifteen years of my life turned out to be one big research project.
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I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.
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Goodbye, everybody! (Suicide note)
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I don't want to just entertain people. I want to touch them.
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I feel safe when I'm on the racetrack, I really do. I know that I'm surrounded by the best drivers in the world. That's something you can't say when you're driving down the interstate.
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Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
