Louise Erdrich Quotes
You really need to approach each book as if you have been a failure. . . . If you start to believe your flap-copy, you're finished as a writer.
Quotes to Explore
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama Bin Laden, and Einstein.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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I believe that Clinton is the most wicked and vile President that this nation has ever had.
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Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that.
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I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space.
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I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?
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I do believe in happy-ever-after.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it.
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I believe that shows should be shot where they take place.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.
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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.
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Take advantage of the opportunities that come before you in life.
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I will beg, will take to my knees, will listen to snow stroking air, a sky of gasps, will open my mouth, swallow, somewhere else the sky is falling, somewhere else it gets back up.
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Finding things to wear is what the Internet's for.
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If George is around, it will.
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You really need to approach each book as if you have been a failure. . . . If you start to believe your flap-copy, you're finished as a writer.
