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Andre Aciman Quotes

Irene Nemirovsky was a prolific writer punctiliously devoted to her craft.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: January 2, 1951

Topics

Craft Her Devoted Writer Prolific

Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.

Confident More Little Used Than

In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.

Life People Sometimes Make Rotten

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

You Way See Things Got Differently

Listening sounds like a ridiculous characteristic for mentoring, but genuinely being invested and interested in people, meeting them for cups of coffee and spending time with people, and using the network I've been very lucky to build up to help others are all things I do to help others.

Time Coffee Help Others People Help

I never really thought I would make a blog myself.

Myself Thought Never Make Would

I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.

Funny Love Mother Me Love Me You

The freer a society becomes, the freer its arts can flourish and be exported.

Society Flourish Arts Becomes Freer

I was Paul Schrader's assistant for six months before I went to film school, and he's very much about knowing what's going to happen on every page before you even start writing dialogue - the entire plot and character arcs are mapped out.

Jonathan Levine

Character School Writing Start You

I think if we did 'Stargate' right, the fans would like it, and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they'll reject it. As they should.

Good Think Right Up Fans Something

The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize the character you're playing. Whether it's a fictional character or a real character. Because then you operate from that sort of negative point of view, and you can't humanize him.

Character Negative View You Know

No one truly understood what it is to exist as someone who has to do the things that Jack Bauer does.

Annie Wersching

Someone Things Exist Understood Who

There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don't know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don't have the physique, the legs, to go outside.

Good Go Know Legs Inside Outside

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