Neil Peart Quotes

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

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• In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

  

  Salman Rushdie
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• I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.

  

  Zadie Smith
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• When I write a movie, I write it for me.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
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• I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.

  

  G-Eazy
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• From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.

  

  Rain
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• It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
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• I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.

  

  Patrick deWitt
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• I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.

  

  Wayne Dyer
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• My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.

  

  Gareth Bale
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• I write romance because I love to read romance.

  

  Rachel Gibson
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• Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.

  

  Halima Aden
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• I was always falling in love at a very young age - kindergarten is when I can remember. There was always a crush. And when I was in sixth grade, I started picking up guitar, so I started wanting to write about it and sing about it.

  

  Babyface
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• I just write mechanical things.

  

  Barry Zito
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• I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.

  

  Kara Hayward
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• People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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• I thought, 'Oh, this is great,' because maybe someone who does look like me will watch 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and realize that they can be an actor if they want to be, or they can be a superhero. They can have a hero that looks like them as well.

  

  J. August Richards
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• My method is, I just sit down and write a book.

  

  Karen Robards
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• The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

  

  Dawn French
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• I think of the world when I hurt, and keep on existing in the now.

  

  Eyedea
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• I had this creativity always with this will for perfection, and I always said to myself, 'Look for what's best.' 'That's your goal, your driving principle.'

  

  Hubert de Givenchy
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• I'm an athlete, my job is not negotiating, it's not my field of expertise. I'm an emotional guy - it's normal, a lot of athletes are, and we're very susceptible to get our ego cut because of that.

  

  Georges St-Pierre
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• The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.

  

  Nana Mouskouri
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• I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

  

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