Iris Johansen Quotes
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
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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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For me, opposition is just another opposition.
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A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
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Money just draws flies.
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I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.
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It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
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I'm not making films just to be bold.
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A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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I just do what I'm here for and that's to make that music.
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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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God makes stars. I just produce them.
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It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
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I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.
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When a writer develops a story, he is confronted with a poison that is inside him. If you don't have that poison, your story will be boring and uninspired. It's like fugu: The flesh of the pufferfish is extremely tasty, but the roe, the liver, the heart can be lethally toxic.
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I wore a thong and a bra and a wig. Those things hurt. I mean, thongs? Like, they dig in. It takes a tough man to be a woman.
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I mean, George Bush is a man of prayer. He talks to the lord. He tries to get his direction from the lord.
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God can say to His believers, 'I am divine and human,' and His believers can reply, 'Praise You, Lord. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine.'
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In America, karma is best expressed in popular phrases like what goes around, comes around and what you sow, you will reap. Karma has also been referred to as having a boomerang effect where the thoughts and actions that you send out into the world turn around and come back at you... Jesus says, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Karma goes a step further and dictates that What you do unto others will come back to you. I think Jesus and the Hindus really had the same idea. Think about that the next time you want to say or do something nasty to someone else!
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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
