Mariel Hemingway Quotes
I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.
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Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.
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I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise.
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We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.
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I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
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We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'
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I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read. My principle in researching a novel is 'Read like a butterfly, write like a bee', and if this story contains any honey, it is entirely because of the quality of the nectar I found in the work of better writers.
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What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.
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At the highest level of awareness, the greatest gift given and received when you give someone flowers, is the joy of living a life based on love.
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Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.
