Nicola Cornick Quotes
I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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'Gatekeeper' was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I haven't written many like that.
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I know that 'boots on the ground' is a scary phrase and that the Western world has gotten used to sterile attacks.
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My family is basically Gypsies - for real.
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Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
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I just love to see people having a good time.
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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All of the clean technologies are known, it's a question of simply applying them.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.
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But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships - although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.
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I do like children, but only as people. Not as if they're a special category.
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Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you through, hand out the diplomas and you fill in your name later on.
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I've always believed certain things: You treat everybody nicely because, more than anything, it's the right thing to do. And then you also never know when someone will be in position to help you or hurt you. I know I've gotten help from a lot of people who said good things about me because I treated them well.
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The work that's interesting to me in other people is really confessional.
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I think the reality is that there's a role for everybody to play in the work of social justice and that we have to organize everybody. That means that Silicon Valley has to be organized, the fashion industry has to be organized, the formerly incarcerated have to be organized, the teachers.
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I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.
