Lisa Lutz Quotes
My writing process is chaos. I usually start with an overarching theme. Then I establish several story threads, but I don't outline. I just start writing and keep notes for what may come. It's an organic process that's usually pretty flexible.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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Fighting, I guess, was never the real reason I read comic books as a kid. The fighting was an important part, an integral part of it; I don't know I would've read it without it.
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My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.
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I'll treat myself every now and then. Like if I get $100,000, I'll spend $20,000 and put the rest away.
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La soumission aux données de l'expérience est la règle d'or qui domine toute discipline scientifique.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.
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My writing process is chaos. I usually start with an overarching theme. Then I establish several story threads, but I don't outline. I just start writing and keep notes for what may come. It's an organic process that's usually pretty flexible.
