Kevin Kwan Quotes
My books are comedies; I want to take my readers on a jet-setting romp, make them laugh, make them swoon at the beautiful settings, and maybe even make their mouths water at all the food.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.
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You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.
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I don't go into a fight mad. I go into a fight like it's my birthday. I love what I'm doing.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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at the beach
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You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.
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My books are comedies; I want to take my readers on a jet-setting romp, make them laugh, make them swoon at the beautiful settings, and maybe even make their mouths water at all the food.
