Elizabeth Berg Quotes
It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced, for example, when I wrote a book about divorce.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Capital isn't scarce; vision is.
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By and large my relations with the US were good.
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Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.
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I'm haunted sometimes by the thought, what if we lived from that place all the time? What if we went there without tragedy striking first? The very thought of who we would be together, and the kinds of collectives decisions we would make. The kind of world we'd create makes me want to cry sometimes.
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My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.
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I love being a writer. I have a great life. I get up in the morning and pad around in my dressing gown and listen to Radio 4.
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Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.
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For every champion, after you win the belt, you want to defend it as many times as possible.
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It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced, for example, when I wrote a book about divorce.
