Laura Wade Quotes
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I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.
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'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.
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I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
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Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It's the freest and most alive you can be.
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But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
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I feel like I'm a natural-born playwright, but the prose thing has always mystified me. How to keep it going? How do people do it, for years and years?
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.
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One always wonders about roads not taken.
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A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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Ottawa is a hot spot of Canadian crime writing, with perhaps the greatest concentration of active, involved, published crime writers anywhere.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.
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When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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I'll forget what day it is sometimes. I have to look in my calendar every once in a while.
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Only the family of God can solve the problems of our time.
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I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.
