Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
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I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.
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I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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Ironically, I wouldn't say I'm a massive horror fan. I love thrillers.
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La tierra tiene lo que tú levantas de la tierra. Nada más tiene.
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A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere.
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Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.
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It's easy to be cynical about American politics. It's more important not to be.
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I would be writing an essay that was due in the next day until about 1 A.M., and then I would be up at 6 A.M. and on a train to Birmingham to record 'The Archers'. It was pretty intense.
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One of my favorites is one called 'Rory's Radio' that I wrote about my brother Jeff's best friend growing up - his name was Rory Dunigan. I dedicated my first record to my brother, who got killed in a car accident in 1999, and I really didn't have any songs on the first album about him, nothing on a personal note.
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We are all alike, on the inside.
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When we were kids, we would just go walking: just walk in a direction and hope that you were gonna find a crashed alien spaceship or buried pirate's treasure or something like that. You never did. You'd find, like, a coyote skeleton, something like that. That was the most exciting thing you'd ever find.
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I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.
