Laura Anne Gilman Quotes
A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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The Democratic Party went far to the left, I think, and left some of us stranded on the beach, so we went to the Republican Party.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.
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When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book.
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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
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A veteran deserves the very best health care anywhere. That means sometimes, they should go out into the private sector if something's being done better than the VA.
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Material things aren't important to me.
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I think well-read people - the world is open to them.
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We're extremely excited about the assets that Yahoo has in the areas of Sports and Finance and Email and News. You match those up with AOL, and we've just made an exponential leap in capabilities here.
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A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
