Emily Barton Quotes
Because I think of novels as collaborative enterprises between the writer and the reader, all of my novels so far have ending with endings that maybe point in more than one direction, and that seems important to me because it seems important to me that after you've invested twenty or thirty hours of your imaginative life into this narrative that you have some stake in how it ends.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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In 2005, I had one more year of college left, and I was taking a summer class in Barbados. I got discovered in the airport on my way back and started modeling at the beginning of my senior year at Bucknell.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I don't care if people think I'm gay. I know I'm not, so it doesn't bother me.
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You just can't control your art in the future.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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Interview with a Vampire was lots of sex, so I'm not sure.
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I can look at a photo and the dimensions of any piece and tell you if it's going to sit well with the four other pieces in your room.
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I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table!
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From a distance, the American political system is a remarkable success. We have accomplished the peaceful transfer of power for more than two hundred years, and that's unmatched by any civilization in human history. Up close, our political system still has all the ugliness and bad actors that you might suspect.
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One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.
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I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten mine.
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I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.
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Because I think of novels as collaborative enterprises between the writer and the reader, all of my novels so far have ending with endings that maybe point in more than one direction, and that seems important to me because it seems important to me that after you've invested twenty or thirty hours of your imaginative life into this narrative that you have some stake in how it ends.
