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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Thug: You're gonna give us $10,000, or we're gonna break both your legs.
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I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.
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The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address.
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I collect books, and I love libraries. I love bookstores. And to me meeting a writer is important. And when I saw a book with my name on it I almost passed out.
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Libertarianism is neither of the left nor of the right. It is unique. It is sui generis. It is apart from left and right. The left right political spectrum simply has no room for libertarianism. Think of an equilateral triangle, with libertarianism at one corner, the left at a second corner and the right at the third corner. We are equally distant from both of those misbegotten political economic philosophies. No, better yet, think in terms of an isosceles triangle, with us at the top and the two of them at the bottom, indicating they have more in common with each other than with us.
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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.
