Otto Penzler Quotes
One of the hopes we have when we hear or read an interview with a mystery writer is to get inside the writer's head, to learn something we didn't know before.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the streets with a window of democracy. They want our political reform, our social justice, and our economic opportunity.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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At the end of the day, I am not my dad and have my own journey to make.
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When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.
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The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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A man's got to know his limitations.
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One of the hopes we have when we hear or read an interview with a mystery writer is to get inside the writer's head, to learn something we didn't know before.
