John Irving Quotes

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.

John Irving

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MeBookLongI CanWriteFirst

I played Little League in junior high and high school.

Jerry Spinelli

SchoolHigh SchoolHighLittle

I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the '50s.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

LoveCameraPolaroidCollection

What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.

Michael Haneke

I AmMeStupidTreatSeriouslyMore

Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.

Steve Jobs

YouLoseNobodyAwayGetWho

The department store was a product of the 19th century and became a very important institution as America went into the 20th century. It provided show places in developing towns like Terre Haute, Sacramento, and Dallas.

Stanley Marcus

AmericaImportantProductPlaces

I feel so lucky. When an actor that has been struggling for so long makes the transition into being an actor full-time, it is the most amazing feeling. It's just sort of like a 3,000-pound weight gets lifted from you, and you're able to mostly focus on just being an artist, which is an amazing, blessed luxury I have.

Steve Zissis

FocusAmazingBlessedLuxuryYou

Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible.

Steven Seagal

FamilyLoveGreatPeopleActionSee

I did this movie called 'Lymelife' when I was 18, and you know, it was the first time I was working as an adult, a legal adult, and that was a huge growing experience for me.

Rory Culkin

TimeExperienceMeLegalYouKnow

People have become so much more obsessed with the stories behind their food. When we go the market to buy bacon, we want to know where that pig came from and what processes were involved in getting it to us.

Michael Paterniti

FoodPeoplePigKnowWantBecome

Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

PeopleMagicKindWordPersian

Pianos - if they don't like what you're saying, then they won't talk back to you. And you want it to talk back to you.

Jason Moran

SayingYouBackWantTalkLike

We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can.

Coy Bowles

MusicBestThinkWantNeverAwards

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