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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My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to switch from one to the other.
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I wanted to follow the path of music and feel that power, and I couldn't turn back.
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There's a couple of movie parts that I can't remember. There was always something kind of lurking, because when 'The Office' started, I wasn't a regular. You're a guest star, so they don't really need you. They didn't say that, but I've seen the show - with or without me, it's still funny.
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My dad was more tensed than I was a day before the release. Having learned that 'Bruce Lee' has released to the highest openings in my career, he has settled down.
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I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.
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I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.
