Ernest Cline Quotes
I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.

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Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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I received free health care.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn't go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn't expect that.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
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With a young-adult series, you need to get a lot of books out on the market quickly. Teenagers aren't going to wait years and years for the next book.
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In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We were on the SS Washington, bound for New York, Christmas 1934.
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Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well.
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There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone's business.
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Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.
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This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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Life is anything but predictable.
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I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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I don’t think you know what it’s like to have someone head over heels in love with you. What’s the good of a man who’s upside down?
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There is no record in the history of a nation that ever gained anything valuable by being unable to defend itself.
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I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.