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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Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation.
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It's very different when you're reading a script to when you're watching a movie for the first time.
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There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten.
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I never did learn how to live in the moment, but I did learn that moments could be wasted and the world would continue to spin on its axis.
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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.
