Lynn Abbey Quotes
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
Lynn Abbey
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
Barbara Demick
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
Becki Newton
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
Fatty Arbuckle
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
Edmund White
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
Walter Benjamin
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
Nas
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Reliability engineers often assume that reliability and safety are synonymous, but this assumption is true only in special cases.
Nancy Leveson
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There's nothing better than people talking to each other, sharing best practices, and opening up communications.
Dan Gilbert
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I'm not on any social media. I'm a bit analog when it comes to the Internet and technology.
Benedict Samuel
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I am in no way a confident person - except when it comes to what I'm writing. It's just like, this is what I can do, and I have what I think is a pretty strong voice, for better or worse. It's the style I like to write in.
Megan Amram
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Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.
Sun Ra
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For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
Lynn Abbey
