Fairfax Cone Quotes
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
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I'm not a very fast-paced person.
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There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.
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I wish I was a wealthy person. I wish I could self-fund.
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I'm a very competitive person.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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Paul McCartney and I made a deal when we were 15. There was never a legal deal between us, just a deal we made when we decided to write together that we put both our names on it, no matter what.
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Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.
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A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.
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The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part of that expense stems from the babies born each year to illegal immigrants.
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Write to one person, not a million.
