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Jeff Giles Quotes

It is amazing how quickly a true talent can announce itself. In the case of Myla Goldberg, it is not even a matter of pages, but of sentences.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: editor
Nationality: american

Topics

Talent Amazing True Matter Even How

There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that you can 'be whatever you want to be as long as you want it bad enough' are not true. They are fairy tales.

Strength Talent People World Enough

Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

Good Opportunity Truth Power Time

I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!

Home Pressure Feel Trying You More

Postal service of today is far removed from that of 30 years ago when reform was last enacted.

Today Service Years Reform Last Far

I love comedy. That's what got me into the arts. I don't even know how to categorize myself anymore.

Love Myself Me Comedy Know Arts

I don't really even go out that much now, except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised. I used to be a really friendly person, and now I just want to be invisible. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.

Myself Walk Energy Famous Person Go

I don't like rock opera with back beats.

Back Rock Opera Like Beats

I have never been good at doing impressions of women. Which is understandable. There's a gender issue.

Good Women Gender Doing Never Been

Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.

Michele Bachmann

Minimum Wage Whatever Out Gone Level

Don't copy another writer's style, because that is not authentic, and that's how it will sound. You develop your style over your whole life and through countless influences. Don't impose something artificial.

Life Style You Copy Will Sound

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

Time You Important Want Wasting Time

I never expected it, but I've gotten paid a lot to do what I love. There are no complaints.

Love Never Paid Expected Complaints

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