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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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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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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I'm somebody who can laugh even at myself. That happens now and again, when I've made a mess of really simple things.
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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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Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.
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I definitely have a preference for writing anti-heroes and bad guys, especially when they have motivations that the average 'good' person can understand and get behind.
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We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.
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I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.
