Will Self Quotes
The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn't be any remuneration, period.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.
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Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life.
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I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.
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There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe.
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People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.
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I drive a BMW 1 series convertible. I love my Beamer.
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There is a lot of growth taking place in capturing aspirational consumers and converting them to luxury as they evolve.
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For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.
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I would like to be a heart surgeon or brain surgeon... something with that knowledge and the ability to save a life would be pretty cool. I wasn't that good in science class, though.
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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I think that for me as a person, it's very easy for me to hear, 'It's too difficult.' Or, 'You're not easy to cast.' And, 'You're not beautiful,' and this and that.
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I'm in love with one woman. I've been in love with one woman for 31 years. She is the finest human being I have ever known.
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We must focus much more on developing countries' own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors.
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It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans.
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I don't put cash in my Louis Vuitton wallet. I have it thrown around my bag - jut a whole bunch of hundreds, maybe $5,000.
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Whatever worked in the past, build on it; whatever didn't work in the past, break the chain that binds you to it.
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I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.
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Remuneration! O! That's the Latin word for three farthings
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I had phases of listening to rap and trap, and then I had phases where I'd listen to post-hardcore, rap, grunge, metal... all that. I had different time periods of listening to different music. And now it all clashes together.
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This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a large cast of characters and traces an ongoing conversation among the writers and critics of this period. This book is likely to become a model for a new generation of scholars, both for the breadth of its engagement and the depth of its archival research.
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The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn't be any remuneration, period.
