Gabriel Ba Quotes
The readers are very similar. The books they know, the questions they ask, the characters they like. That is similar.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time.
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I've planned book tours for myself, whether or not anybody wants to hear what I have to say. I've weighed in on things like what the cover looks like, what the copy looks like, how it's going to be promoted - just every aspect of it.
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I'm not going to break up my family, not for a book.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
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I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book.
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I've always loved pinup art, and I've always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.
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A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.
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A comprehensive marketing plan involves both online and offline efforts to use and broaden your existing platform to promote your book.
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It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
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I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
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I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for the literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.
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When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.
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I don't think there's hardly a comic out there that does clean material all the way around. There's a couple of guys that are clean, but I'm not one of them.
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Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal.
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The canvas upon which the artist paints is the spectator's mind.
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The readers are very similar. The books they know, the questions they ask, the characters they like. That is similar.
