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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Some women,” Dahariel said in that same hard tone devoid of any hint of humanity, “get under a man’s skin until digging them out makes you bleed.
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I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.
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The common root of modern science and Christian theology was Greek philosophy. The historical accident that caused the Christian religion to become heavily theological was the fact that Jesus was born in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire at the time when the prevailing culture was profoundly Greek.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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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.
