John Sandford Quotes
Well, I am becoming doddering and old but I have - I'm writing two books a year now. It's like 220,000 words or something like finished, and, honest to God, I can't do that. I really do need the help of, you know, other people working with me.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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My dad is afraid of my laugh.
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I rode horses since I was a kid.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you use a computerized ballot marking scheme.
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Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in your trailer and then you get called to deliver one sentence - then you're told to come back and do it again at 5:30 the following morning.
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Plays are painful. But the very act of writing is a basic freedom denied some women. Some would call it a privilege. So what's a little pain?
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All I really want to do is plays - and that's a New York thing.
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Creative people inspire me. Athletes also inspire me to come alive, especially my daughter, a competitive gymnast who works very hard, as much as six hours a day on her gymnastics skills.
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Well, I am becoming doddering and old but I have - I'm writing two books a year now. It's like 220,000 words or something like finished, and, honest to God, I can't do that. I really do need the help of, you know, other people working with me.
