Ed McBain Quotes
I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.
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Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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I am a believer in the journey and enjoying the journey.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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Men who are not loyal to their wives are foolish.
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I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.
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A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction.
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That's a part of success: figuring out what success means to you.
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If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.
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In Africa, the rangers shoot poachers.
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I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.
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Fortunately, I have always played a lot of sports, so I keep my lungs in good shape. That translates to singing as well.
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As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary.
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I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being a housewife in a big country house wasn't for me.
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You can't take anything personally in this business. Follow your dreams, but there is a lot of criticism. You have to brush it off. Everybody is looking for something different.
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What's more unnerving than magnetism, ghosts, and unpurified water? Gadgetmongers who purport to protect us from metaphysical monsters that go bump in the New Age night.
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I have this vision of maybe going the way of Bill Kurtis and, I think, Tom Brokaw, to a certain extent - the ability to not be tied to the desk anymore, but to do projects that are meaningful to you.
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You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.
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Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.
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I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.
