Jack L. Chalker Quotes
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I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm.
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
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You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
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I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.
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I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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If I wanted to see Jonah Hill masturbate at a pool party, I'd go to one of Jonah Hill's pool parties.
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For nursery days are gone, nightmare is real and there are no good Fairies. The fox’s teeth are in the bunny and nothing can remove them, honey.
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I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.
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But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.
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I write novels and other things.
