Dana Goldstein Quotes
I feel that people have asked me my age I don't actually think that thirty is particularly young for a first book to come out. And I sometimes wonder if a male author would have been asked this question so frequently.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.
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You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
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As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence.
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.
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Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
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My budget is similar to the Penny Plan, which cuts 1 percent a year for five or six years and balances the budget.
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I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because it's not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.
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Anyone that has been lucky enough to go to the races and witness the magnificent spectacle of a competitive race will know how people like me can instantly fall in love with the power and beauty of race horses in full gallop.
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Each day will be triumphant only when your smiles bring forth smiles from others.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I'm not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It's really more about how I feel and about being healthy.
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Well, there's nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book.
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Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that.
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I sit around too much, waiting for other people to do stuff and angsting about stuff they've done, without doing anything myself.
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I feel that people have asked me my age I don't actually think that thirty is particularly young for a first book to come out. And I sometimes wonder if a male author would have been asked this question so frequently.
