Carlos Fuentes Quotes
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

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I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point.
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Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.
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Hungary will stop at nothing when it comes to protecting its citizens.
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I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist's work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style.
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I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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If we had a party every time someone died on 'The Following,' we'd never get anything done.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.
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It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.
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Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted.
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Nobody's going to write a book about me, because nobody's going to find anything worth writing a book about.
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I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.
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We must confront our own racism. Discriminatory housing and employment policies are nothing more than institutionalised racism.
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When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.
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Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.
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Music is another great pleasure of life. I like all sorts.
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Without a dog, I would have tassels on my throw pillows instead of little stubs of yarn that look like small worms. The pillows seem to function just fine without the tassels, so perhaps it isn't a problem.
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Andy Chase and I were keyboard players originally, and we became guitarists later. But it's fun for us to focus more on the keyboard stuff sometimes.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.