Susan Isaacs Quotes
There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first.
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I am confined to the Lego palate. I don't paint the bricks. I stick with what Lego has made. And the idea behind that is I do want to hopefully inspire kids to go home and create on their own. And if I do, I want them to be able to buy those very same bricks I use. So I don't alter the bricks; I just use what's provided.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My voice is the utterly normal voice, but sheer repetition has made them think it's OK. Mick Jagger once was asked, 'What makes a hit song? He said, 'Repetition.'
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One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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I have some amazing fans! They're just so dedicated and so nice and so sweet. I'm, like, no one and I'm just starting out, and these people appreciate your work and it's nice to hear that.
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Cape Town, South Africa, was pretty incredible. That's probably the coolest place I have ever been, and the kiteboarding is insane there. It's so windy, so you can get massive air.
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In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.
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Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.
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The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters.
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Hey anyone who thinks a non-military–grade rappelling cable can support the weight of two grown men and a miniature donkey deserves to fall off a cliff.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did a lot of literary translation in college. Translation is an art. But for sure writing has always been a part of how I think through my ideas.
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There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first.
