Gail Carson Levine Quotes
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I like to prove people wrong.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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It is time for dead languages to be quiet.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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I like risky stuff.
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Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as artists or songwriters or producers.
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I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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I like being involved with projects that are not only entertaining but are also thought provoking. Either that, or jobs that keep a roof over my head. A mixture of both is always nice.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.
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It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.
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Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people.
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I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.
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Our society is stuck between problem and solution when it comes to treating mental illness. We cannot find a solution until we agree on the problem. And it is my humble opinion that the problem is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of the misunderstood. Instead, let us seek to pursue knowledge over fear. Let's find a way to save lives that can be saved.
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Most of the authors I liked were dead, so it didn't seem like a safe occupation.
