Judith Krantz Quotes
The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to give yourself six months to be a full-time writer. Work every day and the pages will pile up.
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In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.
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If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.
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Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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I would love to coach. I'm not saying I'm qualified to do it in the N.B.A., but I would love to try.
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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I try not to look any further ahead than the next cup of tea. You never know if that cuppa will come or not, do you?
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I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.
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You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
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I have a longing for fiction - to try to believe in it and to disappear into it.
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I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
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If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.
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I try to cope with everything through humor.
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When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.
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All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I'm writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well.
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During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.
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Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form.
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You can forgive somebody and still believe they need a consequence.
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The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to give yourself six months to be a full-time writer. Work every day and the pages will pile up.
