Charles Bock Quotes
It wasn't a leap for me to go from not wanting to be in my body as a teenager, not wanting to be in my house, to thinking, 'What would happen if I had disappeared?' And then going from writing scenes of angry kids to thinking a little more about the parents and what their lives would be like.
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.
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I love simplicity.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
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I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
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The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they are or where they are. They're not very well understood. You don't know what they want from you. So it's the kind of thing you don't even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that's unknown and mysterious is very scary.
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I know it might seem a little superficial, but every actor has their thing. Some people focus on the walk, but for me, it's all about the nails and the voice. Those are the two most important things.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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I drink too much, I smoke too much, I take pills too much, I work too much, I girl around too much, I everything too much.
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My parents were both entrepreneurs.
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I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.
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It wasn't a leap for me to go from not wanting to be in my body as a teenager, not wanting to be in my house, to thinking, 'What would happen if I had disappeared?' And then going from writing scenes of angry kids to thinking a little more about the parents and what their lives would be like.
