Mariel Hemingway Quotes

I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

Mariel Hemingway

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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.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • God
  • Done
  • Thank God

• 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.

  

  Kate Thompson
  • Up
  • Work
  • Done

• 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.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Book
  • Moral
  • Healthy

• Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.

  

  LaToya Jackson
  • Done
  • Why
  • Talk

• 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.

  

  Ed Emberley
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Know

• 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.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Done
  • Justice
  • Security

• Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
  • Done
  • Career
  • Own

• One half who graduate from college never read another book.

  

  G. M. Trevelyan
  • Book
  • College
  • Graduation

• For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • Book
  • Working
  • Process

• When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Doing

• Before my book, 'California,' came out, I had modest hopes for it. Or, let's put it this way - I had the same hopes that every literary fiction writer in America has: I wanted the novel to be well-received, critically. As for sales? I didn't want it to disappoint, but I didn't expect it to be a best-seller, either.

  

  Edan Lepucki
  • Book
  • America
  • Same

• 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.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Work
  • Done
  • Day

• 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.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Work
  • Done
  • Never

• 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.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Book
  • American
  • Community

• I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Life
  • Done
  • Feeling

• I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.

  

  Larry Drake
  • Family
  • Money
  • Done

• It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Book
  • Easier
  • Print

• 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.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • People
  • Done
  • Job

• 'The Practical Heart' was published one week before the World Trade towers collapsed. Book reviewing and all else in our culture stopped dead-still for half a year. I went on the book tour anyway. But I felt like the apostle Paul going unto the catacombs where scared believers hid and prayed.

  

  Allan Gurganus
  • World
  • Heart
  • Book

• May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last!

  

  John Henry Newman
  • Life
  • World
  • Work

• I'm curious about everything, except what people have to say about me.

  

  Sarah Jessica Parker
  • People
  • Say
  • Curious

• Yeah, I think it motivates you as people start to count you out. It doesn't make you play any harder, because every time you go out on the field you give 110 percent, but it does give you more of an edge mentally, knowing that you were in the same situation, because in sports you always find yourself behind.

  

  Joe Montana
  • People
  • Time
  • Sports

• I do have fun. Even when I'm fighting I'm enjoying it: I think there's nothing as exhilarating as protecting that which you find precious.

  

  Vandana Shiva
  • Fighting
  • Enjoying
  • Have Fun

• I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

  

  Mariel Hemingway
  • Done
  • Book