E. L. Doctorow Quotes
The important thing is not to be too comfortable when you're writing. Noise in the street? That's good. The computer goes down? That's good. All these things are good. It has to be a little bit of a struggle.E. L. Doctorow
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
Cameron Mackintosh -
Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
Pankaj Mishra -
What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
Walter Pater -
In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -
Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
Zinedine Zidane -
I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
Zadie Smith
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
Laura Hillenbrand -
I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
Nadia Comaneci -
Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
Kate Walsh -
Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -
I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
Dani Shapiro -
If the constitution goes, I go.
Kamisese Mara
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I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani -
Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
Ted Rall -
A man's kiss is his signature.
Mae West -
America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
Ian Frazier -
There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
Parker Posey -
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
Oliver Herford
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Walk up and down the stairs ten times a day. Do an hour's walking. Release toxins just so that you feel happy. Drink a lot of water; sleep on time.
Rakul Preet Singh -
The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all.
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III -
Some people like very predictable melodies, and others prefer the less likely notes.
Daniel Levitin -
It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.
Charles Dickens -
The important thing is not to be too comfortable when you're writing. Noise in the street? That's good. The computer goes down? That's good. All these things are good. It has to be a little bit of a struggle.
E. L. Doctorow