George R. R. Martin Quotes
I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract.
Quotes to Explore
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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'Inside Out' - that was a really good movie. That's the first animated movie I saw since 'The Lego Movie.'
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Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
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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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I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.
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I've been hit in the head a lot, but I don't think I have any problems, but I can't, for the life of me, remember a lot of my road stories and good times. When times are bad enough, that's all you can ever think about.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
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Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story.
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level.
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There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.
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If someone has been bad to me, I believe in being good to that person. It's my way of getting back. Because that person is going to feel guilty about it.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
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I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.
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I'm so convinced that hiking helps my writing that I recently decided to offer a series of hiking-writing workshops to see if others had the same experience.
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So many girls only care about guys and looking good all the time.
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Pressure is an emotional paralysis. It's hard enough to do the dishes when you're feeling pressured, let alone make a movie.
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You never know how much time you have left.
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The best education I received was working with people in the community on a grassroots basis. Because what it taught me was that ordinary people, when they are working together can do extraordinary things.
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We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.
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I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract.
