Alice Hoffman Quotes
I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
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Let the novelists fret about consistency - story writers should feel free to jam; to get things right in new, surprising ways by allowing themselves, now and then, to get things wrong.
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I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.
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The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.
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I have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities.
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But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force.
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It's the frames which make some things important and some things forgotten. It's all only frames from which the content rises.
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Women have a level of outward compassion that a lot of men don't necessarily have. Guys feel as deeply as women, but they don't share it as much.
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A lot of the work I've done has involved playing quite sympathetic characters.
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I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working.
