Pat Conroy Quotes
I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally make up. But that is not the composition of my character.
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.
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I am not honest.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another when you do differ.
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I am a big fan of movies from the '70s.
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Eating a high-nutrient diet actually makes you more satisfied with less food, and actually gives the ability to enjoy food more without overeating.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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In the '70s, the newspaper guild managed to get people paid what they were worth, but the reporters suddenly became middle class. It's much more respectable, more uptight, and everyone speaks in guarded tones. And the writing isn't as good. We always had guys who were failed poets and failed novelists who did it to eat.
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I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally make up. But that is not the composition of my character.
