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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.
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I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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I just realized I wanted to do more than ballet. I was offered an apprenticeship, so I was about to join a company and drop out of high school, and then it hit me: I didn't want that anymore.
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I have been to Kashmir many times, especially with my family, in the '70s.
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I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.
