Paco Ignacio Taibo II Quotes
Were to ask whether the writers recommend visiting Mexico City, the response would be both firm and passionate: “Yes, of course.” Because this is the best city on the planet, in spite of itself.
Quotes to Explore
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Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
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What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.
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Writers are not meant for action.
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The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.
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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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I was having a lot of people ask me to update 'The Shock Doctrine' and add a chapter about Trump.
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Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
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An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
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To ask if I am mischievous is the understatement of all time.
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The key of 'The Earth from Above,' and of 'Home' is to show the beauty of the planet, and thereby to promote love for it.
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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
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I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads.
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We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'
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It's like, you hungry, you reached your level. We asked ten years ago. We was asking with the Panthers. We was asking with them, the Civil Rights Movement. We was asking. Those people that asked are dead and in jail. So now what do you think we're gonna do? Ask?
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I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.
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Our journey in going beyond our home planet is a human endeavor, and in the greatest tradition of exploration, past, present, and future spacefarers will continue to be enduring catalysts for inspiration in our quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe.
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I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom!
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The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.
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I wonder if he’d been as beautiful as Dante. And I wondered why I thought that.
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The familiar photographs that many people carry with them always obviously belong to the order of fetishes in the ordinary sense of the word.
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Were to ask whether the writers recommend visiting Mexico City, the response would be both firm and passionate: “Yes, of course.” Because this is the best city on the planet, in spite of itself.
