Bette Greene Quotes
I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?
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No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.
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Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
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Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if the torch-holder, if the value-creator isn't there, then we don't make it happen.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
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Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.
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I was given the opportunity to run a business, but on that very same day, I understood that it comes with a lot of responsibility, and responsibility comes at a price.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
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When writers stop to sharpen pencils or get up and make coffee to procrastinate, they still stay in their heads with their characters. But when you zip over to read email or check your Facebook page, you get zapped out of the fictive dream. It's brutal on my writing.
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When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.
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I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into.
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I find myself, by happy accident, writing 'Young Adult' fiction. However, I dislike such categories.
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I didn't have a desk to write 'Red Queen' on, so I got a nice writing desk.
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Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.
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What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or her acceptance of a situation she can't change. I read some sad cases in my snail and electronic mail. I respond to all I can, affirming that they are the true heroes of life because they are fighting through adversity and surviving.
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The way it works in our family is, it's the family business. Much like in the Mafia. Every child is given the opportunity to act at a young age and to learn what it's like to be in the business.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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I once heard someone doing a karaoke version of my song. That was pretty funny.
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I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?
