Walter Jon Williams Quotes
I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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We opened for the Kinks, the Beach Boys, the Guess Who, Chuck Berry, Sha Na Na. We opened for Cheech and Chong - I opened for Cheech, and Don opened for Chong.
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I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.
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I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and gratified that the business world thought it was one.
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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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I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble off... As my friend Julius Lester says, 'A picture book is the essence of an experience.'
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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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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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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I have a tweet that said, 'I want to be a Calvin Klein model,' and that was in 2011. And then I modeled for Calvin Klein. And then I had a tweet like, 'I wonder what it's like to be in front of thousands of fans,' and I've been in front of thousands of fans.
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I want to make 'Smackdown' the brand to watch, but beyond that main-eventing, 'WrestleMania' is the next step.
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I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.
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It's really easy with makeup to look like you're trying too hard, like a clown. That's not what you want!
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It's interesting that a lot of female artists want to collaborate with me.
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Don't get me wrong: I love a massive show with dancers and the works, and I love Zumba! But I just want there to be more people who just sing.
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A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.
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You have to develop a very thick skin.
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It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
