John Sayles Quotes
I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.
John Sayles
Quotes to Explore
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
Mallory Ortberg
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
Gary Shteyngart
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
Tabatha Coffey
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
Malorie Blackman
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
Yasmine Bleeth
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
Laura Kightlinger
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
Adam Peaty
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
Victoria Beckham
Spice Girls
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
Barbara Bush
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
Hailey Gates
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
Umberto Eco
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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.
Harold Prince
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If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.
John Madden
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
Harold MacMillan
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A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
Lakhdar Brahimi
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Warren Buffett
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Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
Elizabeth George
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I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.
John Sayles
