M. J. Rose Quotes
Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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There are a lot of great people everywhere. And there are also a lot of not so great people.
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Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.
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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
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I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason.
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Definitely in the West, we're all cast as the same now. Whether you're Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Iranian, Afghan or whatever, you just get thrown into this category. And nine times out of 10, you're depicted as bad.
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
