Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes
When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.
Curtis Sittenfeld
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
Barbara Demick
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
Becki Newton
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
Flume
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
Ioan Gruffudd
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
Walter Benjamin
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable.
Mark Haddon
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The fun of writing established characters is that there's a rich mythology to draw from - you get to play with toys you loved as a kid.
Mark Waid
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There are two kinds of typical days. There's the typical day when I'm writing a novel, and there's the typical day when I'm not.
Paul Auster
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I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very old influences. I love American music of absolutely all stripes, including show tunes, advertising jingles, theme tunes from quiz shows, all kinds of American music.
Nick Lowe
Brinsley Schwarz
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Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.
Seth Godin
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When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.
Curtis Sittenfeld