Elwood G. Norris (Woody Norris) Quotes
I'm the laziest inventor you ever met. My inventing is in my head - I don't have to be in the lab working and sweating.
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You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together.
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That's the problem with having a bald head. It exaggerates the shape.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.
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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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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.
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It's about working when nobody's watching.
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I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me.
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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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You have to remember I've been working with adults since I was 12 - they were my peers, and it has an effect, for sure.
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Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running routes and stuff.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.
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Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.
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When I'm not working, I prefer not to use any make-up so my skin can breathe. And I always moisturise.
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You might be a legend one day if you just keep your head to the ground and never get overzealous and start thinking you've outdone yourself. That's the space I try to stay in.
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I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth.
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I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.
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I honestly never understood how violence against women became a women's issue. 95 percent of the violence men are doing to women.
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I'm the laziest inventor you ever met. My inventing is in my head - I don't have to be in the lab working and sweating.
