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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Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
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When I got to MIT, I discovered a really interesting Master's program called the Science and Technology and Policy Program - it taught people with a background in STEM how to think about science and tech from a policy perspective. It was a great way to understand how to communicate science to a policymaker or a layperson.
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Coming from a small town, I didn't have big dreams. My biggest ambition was to find a job for myself.
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You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love - you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever.
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I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes.
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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.
