John Niven Quotes
There are some sentences you cannot see yourself ever writing. 'I heartily endorse the Conservative Party' would be one. 'I look forward to Justin Bieber's new record' would be another.
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I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
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I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.
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It was failing part of my Ph.D. that led me into novel-writing. By then I was 29, had remarried and had a second baby. It struck me that I'd lost my path in life and I felt frustrated. That's when I started to write.
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I don't regret what I did in the Sixties. I was young and took myself terribly seriously. In the Seventies, I spent too much time in inner-party factional disputes.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.
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I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
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I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out.
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When I'm writing, I'm just in it and trying to figure out what seems best.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.
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I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough money to do that, and then rewriting and rewriting and rewriting.
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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.
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Anyone can write a specification, but if nobody implements it, what is it but a particularly dry form of science fiction.
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I quite like being removed from the industry stuff so that when we're not on tour and we're writing, we're in a small room and you can't get out physically. I like that mental checking-out aspect - I think it's quite nice.
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I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
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The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it.
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There are some sentences you cannot see yourself ever writing. 'I heartily endorse the Conservative Party' would be one. 'I look forward to Justin Bieber's new record' would be another.
