Barry Hannah Quotes
A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
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After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people.
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If I wasn't an actress, I'd never wear make up. I liked being ready in half an hour and arrive on the sets. Even for a no-makeup look, if one has a dark under-eye on a particular day, a little makeup is used. I had no scope for that as well.
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I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was useful to the community.
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I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level.
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I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.
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I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.
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It's quite possible that the end of us will not be the end of the Earth. Even if we really screw things up and things go badly for us and our civilization, the Earth is pretty resilient.
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Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
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Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.
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I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.
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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
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A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.
