Tama Janowitz Quotes
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For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
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I respect all women who came before me to blaze trails into the workplace for us.
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Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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Nobody has approached me about an offer to work in India. However, I can categorically state that if they did so, I would refuse immediately.
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It's definitely weird, because pretty much everybody owns the Tony Hawk videogame. Just going over to people's houses and watching play me as I walk in – that's actually happened a few times and that's so weird. It's like, 'Dude, you're playing me right now.' It was too weird.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
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If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
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All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.
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There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
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I was lucky: I feel like I've written four books that mean something to me, and one book that means everything to me, and that's 'The Book Thief.'
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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We will never be authentically angry or authentically fair while we are trying to be both at once.
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I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner.
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
