Caleb Carr Quotes
I'm a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don't get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you're writing about, rather than into the world you're in.
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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.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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There is a figure that is adored, but I'd question very strongly that it's me.
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Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.
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Perhaps the rebuilding of the body and spirit is the greatest service derivable from our forests, for what worth are material things if we lose the character and quality of people that are the soul of America?
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The war in Iraq has fractured the political will of the United States and the world.
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In my ideal writing environment, I'd be surrounded by nice visual art in a room with a window and high ceilings. The window would have to give me natural light.
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I'm a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don't get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you're writing about, rather than into the world you're in.
