Adam Haslett Quotes
As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I can and let them dwell there.
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It is my job to sell these fighters. I'm now a business partner of the UFC. What I do directly affects my paycheck. I try my best. I just don't want people to be indifferent.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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If Trump's talking to Putin can help end the bloodshed in Ukraine or Syria, it would appear to be at least as ethical an act as pulpiteering about our moral superiority on the Sunday talk shows.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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People always thought I'd never get elected outside San Francisco; I was always more worried that I'd never get elected again inside San Francisco.
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I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.
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You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where other people can put their hands on it, you're vulnerable.
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I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.
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I'm proud of my sexuality.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.
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I remember my first actor that I really, really fell in love with was Tom Hanks. I suppose when I was growing up and getting more serious about acting, at that point, he was the biggest actor in the world.
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I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things.
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Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.
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All these movies are observational comedies. I see somebody, maybe a dry cleaner, and notice how they are. Maybe I'll decide to turn a person with those traits into a studio chief.
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The Rio experience for me is going to be completely different to London.
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When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.
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Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.
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As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I can and let them dwell there.
