Norma Fox Mazer Quotes
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.
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Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.
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I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
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Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.
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History will treat me right.
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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God, it sucks to disappoint your parents, even at forty-two years old.
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Whenever you bring reality TV into the mix, it's only a matter of time before, whatever fiction you come up with, it'll become real.
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Writing obscures language ; it is not a guise for language but a disguise.
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In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's kind of their most musical or the closest to themselves. I think for me it's such a validating moment, you know. I always knew I wanted to have kids, and I've been making music all my life.
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I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.
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A piece of writing takes exactly as long as it needs to be done right.
