Judith Rossner Quotes

I knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel.

Judith Rossner

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• In the mid-1990s, when Russia was undergoing a construction boom, I entered the real estate development market.

  

  Yelena Baturina
  • Real
  • Construction
  • Real estate

• What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • World
  • Real
  • House

• I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Boy
  • Social
  • Novel

• People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • People
  • Why
  • Career

• Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • May
  • Knowledge
  • Day

• We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

  

  Ed Wood
  • Artist
  • Vision
  • Picture

• I love bookstores and booksellers. In my novel 'Dirty Martini,' I thanked over 3,000 booksellers by name in the back matter.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Love
  • Novel
  • Thanked

• For Randy Neugebauer, the Texas Republican who chairs the investigations subcommittee, the top sources of funding for his 2012 reelection campaign are from the insurance, banking, finance, securities and real estate industries.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Real
  • Texas
  • Insurance

• I go to the hamam and put henna on my skin and hair. Even when I go to New York, I let the shower run hot to create a steam hamam at my hotel. But when I finish with the bath, I put on expensive French creams.

  

  Fatema Mernissi
  • Hair
  • New York
  • Finish

• In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Write
  • Novel
  • Southern

• For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Real
  • Money
  • Financial

• I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Music
  • Real
  • Gold

• I wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish.

  

  Ziad Doueiri
  • Write
  • Difficult
  • Finish

• Maybe some people, when they sit down to write their great novel or make their great record or paint their great painting, they have it all planned out in their head. But for me, it's never worked that way.

  

  Mike D The Beastie Boys
  • People
  • Record
  • Novel

• There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

  

  Mark Twain
  • Finish
  • Human Race
  • Farce

• The strange thing about writing is that it's so easy to write a novel. It is really easy. But it's getting there to the point where it's easy that's hard. The hard part is to get there.

  

  Karl Ove Knausgard
  • Writing
  • Strange
  • Point

• When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.

  

  Louis Sachar
  • Writing
  • Decision
  • Novel

• It was a disappointing loss tonight. We couldn't finish it to its completion.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Finish
  • Completion

• Keep starting until you finish.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Finish
  • Starting

• You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

  

  Robin Williams
  • People
  • Finish
  • Shorthand

• I think the real exciting part about becoming a solo artist is that you get to really decide on what your new sound and what your new message will be.

  

  Stephanie Young Hwang
  • Artist
  • Sound
  • Message

• Although abortion has been legal nationwide for more than a quarter century, access remains difficult for many women.

  

  David Grimes
  • Women
  • Abortion
  • Remains

• She's kind of funny looking. Her face is out of balance--broad forehead, button nose, freckled cheeks, and pointy ears. A slammed-together, rough sort of face you can't ignore. Still, the whole package isn't so bad. For all I know maybe she's not so wild about her own looks, but she seems comfortable with who she is, and that's the important thing.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Balance
  • Ignore
  • Important Thing

• I knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel.

  

  Judith Rossner
  • Novel
  • Finish
  • Real estate