Robin LaFevers Quotes
It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.
Quotes to Explore
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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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There ought to be more grants that go to people in their late twenties and early thirties. That's a crucial age, although it's very hard to judge who is worth supporting and who is not. Looking back on my own life, I see that was the period when I was closest to giving up as a novelist and when I most needed some encouragement.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
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Young audience, in the age group of 16-33 years, constitutes the main viewership of Bollywood films.
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My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.
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I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
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Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.
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My personal challenge is always balance. My life has a lot of compartments to it, and I care about each of them deeply. So I wake up each day thinking, 'How am I going to balance today?'
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I always just been a fan of the music... and the aesthetic only in an abstract sense.
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It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.
