Larry Niven Quotes
My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
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I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.
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I'm a total loner. I can't even answer texts or take my phone with me when I'm working!
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
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Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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Writers are not meant for action.
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I think it would be funny for people to read in obituaries of me that my major contribution to the arts was the popularization of the phrases 'neutral facial expression' and 'screaming in agony.'
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I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.
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What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.
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Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have. It doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, just empties today of its strength.
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We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.
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Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year.
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Now, training fighters is like trying to catch fish. It's not the strength but the technique.
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
