Cynthia Voigt Quotes
I think writing is a part-time career, because otherwise you get a little stale, maybe even self-indulgent, when you have to fill the hours with sentences. I don't think, if I wrote 12 hours a day, my work would be much better.
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You must prune dead or dying wood.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
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I love horse-riding - I have three back home in the U.K.
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I get to be a teenager like every other teenager, but I have a passion and a great goal in life.
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You should *have* an experience; it shouldn't just *be* an experience.
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I think writing is a part-time career, because otherwise you get a little stale, maybe even self-indulgent, when you have to fill the hours with sentences. I don't think, if I wrote 12 hours a day, my work would be much better.
