Ian Rankin Quotes
My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.
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My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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Surely no one can be sure he has visited Cienega; people say to themselves, do they not: 'Was it a vision; or have I, some time or other, seen dusk in a valley like this?'
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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The last Pan Am Games in 2011 was one of the best experiences in my career. It was the first time women's boxing was in the Pan Am Games and any major games, and I had the opportunity to box in the first women's boxing fight and then went on to win gold.
Mandy Bujold -
I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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When I started thinking about it, I was like, 'OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I'll be very much celebrated, in a way, and honored.'
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It was done for entertainment. Most white people didn't know anything about this because prejudice kept them from ever seeing what was going on.
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You feel undervalued when you write the kind of fiction I write.
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The line between education and brainwashing is paper thin
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My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.
