Hanya Yanagihara Quotes
We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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I don't think in words; I think in pictures, in images.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Gee I don't know, I just want to get home.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.
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Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.
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People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I'm not a one-issue person.
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The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
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One-eyed Reuben 'Rooster' Cogburn is the role that finally delivered John Wayne his Oscar.
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If we overcome the pull and "get up and get at it," we will have won a victory. We have kept our own resolve. We can then move to other things, for by small means great things are accomplished. Thus, even this one small step is also in another sense a giant leap.
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We provide business advice and guidance. We started it here in India first, and now we have taken it globally. India was the first for startup incubation in the world for us.
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Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.
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You know that gap between where you are and where you'd like to be? Within that gap, there is an ache and an aspirational leap, which is very good for writing.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
