Sinclair Lewis (Harry Sinclair Lewis) Quotes
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.
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I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
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I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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The migratory phenomenon exists, and Europe will have to face it together. The only alternative is a 'beggar-thy-neighbor' solution, in which countries try to load the problem off on their neighbors.
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The type of renovation I do most often is opening a kitchen to the family room.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This is equally true of Sovietism, of China and of Iran, and in our time it has happened a lot in Islam. The point is that it's worse when the authoritarianism is supported by something supernatural.
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Sometimes, in order to say yes to what matters most, I must say no to good things.
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Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.
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People just get kicks out of making other people sad.
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Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just say this really quickly - they used to divide the money for the music that was written in two, just equal halves.
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It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.
