Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
She didn't like to say things flatly, but sometimes it is the perfect antidote to someone trying to convince you the noose in their hand is a lovely silk ribbon for your hair.
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Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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The main thing is to know something and to say it.
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I always say the greats just get better.
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My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
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I don't read any reviews, so I'm oblivious to what they have to say. I'm completely unaware. It's fantastic.
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Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?
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Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.
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Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
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I blog because I have something to say.
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If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"
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I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'
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People are going to say what they want to say.
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Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.
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You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life.
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The good thing about execution issues are that they are within our control.
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Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.
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Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.
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She didn't like to say things flatly, but sometimes it is the perfect antidote to someone trying to convince you the noose in their hand is a lovely silk ribbon for your hair.
