Gail Sheehy Quotes

Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.

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• Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.

  

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• Don't spend more than 10% of your marketing/PR budget on a trailer. Trailers have to be marketed, too. So, far too many authors wind up marketing their trailers instead of their books.

  

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• Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.

  

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• In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.

  

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• The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.

  

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• Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.

  

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• A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.

  

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• I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.

  

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• Now, I just made an animated movie a few years ago, 'The Tale of Desperaux', and that had twelve hundred shots in it. Twelve hundred CG shots is a pretty big plan.

  

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• I do think some digital currency will end up being the reserve currency of the world. I see a path where that's going to happen.

  

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• I like to be right. I try not to miss the big ideas, forget the little ones, and try to get them right. End of job description.

  

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• I think movie and television companies are in the business of making money, and if you have a franchise, eventually you'll want to exploit that franchise and revisit it. So I assume at some point someone will do another story in the 'Lost' world.

  

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• Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.

  

  Gail Sheehy
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