Jess Walter Quotes

I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case.

Jess Walter

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 20, 1965

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It's embarrassing, isn't it? It took me 15 years to make an 18-minute movie.

Andrew McCarthy

MeYearsMakeEmbarrassingMovie

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are.

Jean M. Auel

YouKnowWhyMoreWriteTell

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.

Steve Earle

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I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

Tomi Adeyemi

BookSayPublishWriterDidLeast

I think we've broken a lot of barriers and kind of shattered our glass ceiling that was there for women. There are so many great fighters, and we've proved a lot of people wrong. A lot of the times, our fights are the best fights on the card.

Miesha Tate

WomenGreatBestBrokenPeopleKind

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are.

Dinah Maria Mulock

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Markets love volatility.

Christine Lagarde

LoveVolatilityMarkets

The first time I read 'Barbecue,' I fell in love with it. I never laughed so hard in my life.

Colman Domingo

LifeLoveTimeMy LifeBarbecue

To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution.

Tim Ferriss

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Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction.

Ridley Scott

GodChooseOwnGiveArtistsSacred

I feel really bad for people who aren't insane over food.

Nora Ephron

FoodPeopleFeelBadOverInsane

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

Nicole Krauss

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