Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes
I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
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Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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The San Gabriel monument expands our natural heritage, but there is more in need of safeguarding - extraordinary places like Utah's Greater Canyonlands.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
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The real issue is not whether two and two make four or whether two and two make five, but whether life advances by men who love words or men who love living.
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August [Wilson] elevates in us is the average man in a way that is heroic and real and human. What you do is you sit with our pathology, you invest in our humanity. We're not walking around like walking symbols like we mean something larger. We're just moving throughout our lives and that's the power of the piece. That's revolutionary.
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My expertise lies in what I've devoted my life to. I wouldn't pretend to be a great gift to any other animal. My interest has always been in the horses.
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At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.
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We carry within ourselves the direction our lives will take. Within ourselves burn the timeless, fateful stars.
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I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.
