Adrian McKinty Quotes
A specific editor in a specific place likes the book, and you're in. A different editor on a different day goes, 'Oh, this isn't for me', or doesn't even look at it, and that's it.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas.
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I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
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I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.
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My favorite special skill on my resume is 'excellent monkey noises.'
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It came to a point where there was that curiosity factor: Was he going to hit 80? I'm sure it went through his head.
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All my high school papers were written in the rare book room.
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A specific editor in a specific place likes the book, and you're in. A different editor on a different day goes, 'Oh, this isn't for me', or doesn't even look at it, and that's it.
