Nelson W. Aldrich Quotes
Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . .I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.
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For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
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Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
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I am fighting my natural body shape to do what I do.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
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I'd love to drive a Bugatti - something totally ridiculous but super fast.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
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The mind is the effect, not the cause.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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I like retirement.
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I write all the time. I always have. I can pick up my horn to warm up, and an idea will pop into my head, and I'll write it down and file it away for another time.
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My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor.
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The love of one sole being is a barbarism; for it will be employed to the detriment of all the rest. So too the love of God.
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Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite spontaneously. You always look at yourself from the outside. Even as a child I always observed myself and the world. I believe that everyone who chooses this path in any way, who chooses to be a describer of life, suffers from this condition. It's like a mental obsession. It can be a great pity too. It robs you of a certain joy in spontaneity.
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Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . .I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.
