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James Lee Burke Quotes

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There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.

James Lee Burke

Yourself Rejection You Nothing Like

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.

James Lee Burke

History Time People Revolution Look

I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.

James Lee Burke

Life Me You Write Anything Lived

The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.

James Lee Burke

Faith Vision Remember Artist Lose

Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.

James Lee Burke

Game You Artist Bad Will Never

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.

James Lee Burke

Success Home Today Words You Run

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

James Lee Burke

Home Time Day You Never Write

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.

James Lee Burke

Myself Day Rejection Lost One Day

The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.

James Lee Burke

Good Story Knight Us Jesus Every

Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.

James Lee Burke

Yourself Voice Matter Inside Hearing

When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.

James Lee Burke

People Friends You Find Go Want

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

James Lee Burke

Age Great Care You Nobody Want

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