Simon Mawer Quotes
When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course - but you don't need academic depth.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
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My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.
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As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
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Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
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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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Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen as distinctive markers of Negritude. These include the shapes of heads, feet, lips, and noses as well as the texture of hair.
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I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life.
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In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.
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Routinely, when I finish a book, I think 'What will I do? Where will I get an idea?' And a kind of low-level panic sets in.
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I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.
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I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.
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I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you don't want to write songs; you just want to enjoy being happy.
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I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.
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I go through life now reminding myself to remember something, and I do this while that something is happening. I'll be experiencing a moment and I'll say to myself, "Remember this!" Otherwise my whole life just blurs by.
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The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.
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At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.
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Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young.
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When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course - but you don't need academic depth.
