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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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 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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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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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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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
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Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.
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I write in the studio.
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But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
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To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.
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We’ve got to find a way to make the world work for everyone. Climate change is an issue that impacts that greatly by making it harder for people to live where they live, by causing disruptions, and lack of resources.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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For me it's very important to turn Kiev into one of the main centers of contemporary art in the world. There is New York. There's London. And there will be Kiev. Everyone will come and say, 'Wow!'
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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.
