Garth Nix Quotes
'For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but its truth cannot be denied. Not when you look into the stars of the Ninth Gate.'
Quotes to Explore
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.
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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.
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I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.
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My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
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Not to sink under being man and wife, But get some color and music out of life?
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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It's incredibly, incredibly difficult to get a movie made.
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There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.
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My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and become a fanatic.
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'For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but its truth cannot be denied. Not when you look into the stars of the Ninth Gate.'
