Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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I really tend to write in retrospect.
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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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I was always falling in love at a very young age - kindergarten is when I can remember. There was always a crush. And when I was in sixth grade, I started picking up guitar, so I started wanting to write about it and sing about it.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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If you can write it, I can be it.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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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 do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
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There were songs I would write about breaking up with somebody before I broke up with them, months and months before I broke up with them.
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I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.
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You write about what you know.
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Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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I'll take any story if it's good.
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I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say.
