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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In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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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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As biologists, we contemplate with admiration and awe the wondrous array of sophisticated cell interactions and recognitions evolved in the T cell immune system, which must be a model for other similarly complex biological systems of highly differentiated organisms.
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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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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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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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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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Every child has a right to learn in an environment that is safe.
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The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, I'm doing good.
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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.
