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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Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
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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 any story line that involves a relationship is going to be interesting.
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In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.
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For PSP, we play the 'SOCOM' game as a team on the plane, and it's pretty cool because you can connect to everyone.
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One of the things that always disappointed me as a kid, growing up, was when you could tell the singer had a fancy for something different and turned the band into something else.
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'Chronicle 2' has become this question of, 'How do we all make a movie that we all respect?' And that's true to what 'Chronicle' is. There's no one at the studio who wants to make a bad movie. They all want to make a good movie just as much as I do.
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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.
