Ben Dolnick Quotes
To write fiction is to think that you're doing it wrong - that your work habits are inhibiting you; that you've chosen the wrong subject; that you've chosen the right subject, but that someone else has, unbeknownst to you, already written exactly the book you're laboring over.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
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I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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The imagination is man's power over nature.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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Being a parent is the toughest thing I've ever done. But I'm not the kind of person to throw my kid in front of a TV. I'm the one to take out a book, puzzle, or flash cards.
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A roast is really an honor. If they picked me to be roasted, I'd be the most flattered I'd be in my life. If I could pick some people to roast, I'd pick my heroes, Don Rickles and Howard Stern. Those are the people I'd like to give some honor to.
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I admire people who have that integrity, who know how to peacefully move through a situation - and it's reflected in how they deal with things like loss.
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Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.
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I usually have a general idea of where the story is going, but I try to avoid planning in too much detail. The best endings are those that emerge only after I've thought long and hard about the various ways the story might end. Then I choose the ending that seems surprising yet somehow inevitable.
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To write fiction is to think that you're doing it wrong - that your work habits are inhibiting you; that you've chosen the wrong subject; that you've chosen the right subject, but that someone else has, unbeknownst to you, already written exactly the book you're laboring over.
