Ken Liu Quotes
I'm often asked how I get ideas for my stories. The answer is there's no single way; every story is different.
Quotes to Explore
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.
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To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.
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I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
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Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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It's never crowded along the extra mile.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.
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I'm not a violent person.
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I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.
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Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
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The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
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When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.
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Practically every smartphone, tablet, and laptop is fabricated in a Chinese factory, even if they are designed here.
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'Ugly Betty' taught me everything about fashion.
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I'm happy with my language progress - the only difficulty when I tour Premier League matches is that different people talk to me in different accents - and sometimes I can hardly understand a word!
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I remember the first single I ever bought. I think it was a terrible song called 'D.I.S.C.O.' by a band called Ottawan. It's a really fearless disco track from the '70s or early '80s.
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L.A. is such a different place. I miss New York so much. I almost teared up when I came back and wanted a Guinness and realized I could drink it and take a cab home. I remembered that I could be a functional alcoholic in New York, like I used to be!
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I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.
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I'm often asked how I get ideas for my stories. The answer is there's no single way; every story is different.
