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John Sandford Quotes

There are two worldviews in thriller writing: the paranoid view, like Chuck Logan's, that everything is inside a large clockwork. I like those books; they're intricate and thought out, but my view is that everything is chaotic and stupid. Chaos reigns, and civilized people do what they can to hold it back.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 23, 1944

Topics

People Chaos Writing Stupid Thought

I've spent time in the coastal Carolinas and have seen what small business development has done to maintain the wetlands and reestablish the fisheries and secure jobs for the people that make their living off the water.

Business Time Water People Small

I have a remarkably normal life.

Life Normal Normal Life Remarkably

When something's really rad, I'm like, 'That's wicked.'

Wicked Something Like Really

Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?

History Culture Training Child Rules

If you take your thumb and your index finger and look right where they meet - go ahead and do that now - and relax your hand, you'll see a crinkle, and then a wrinkle within the crinkle, and a crinkle within the wrinkle. Right? Your body is covered with fractals.

Relax You Body Look Meet Your Body

I feel like movies, if there's any kind of budget whatsoever, there's so much sitting, and I really like to work. Otherwise my blood sugar just drops, you know, six hours sitting in a camper.

Mary-Louise Parker

Work Feel Budget You Sugar Know

Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.

Michelle Shocked

Marriage Myself Acceptance Past Me

Every one and every single time is different, and I didn't have C-sections, which I don't know if that's lucky or unlucky, but I was able to feel every contraction. You forget what it feels like. God's got a great way of making women forget what it's like because we would never go through it again.

Women God Great Time Feel You

I am a professional comedian, a published novelist, and a general wit for hire.

Dominic Holland

I Am Professional Wit Hire General

Everything I do, I have a certain amount of pride for.

Diamond Dallas Page

Pride Everything Certain Amount

I've seen where the NFL guys get all over the 'Madden' creators for their ratings and how they don't look good. One of my buddies plays in the NFL and he was so excited to be in 'Madden,' but then we got the game, and he was a 58.

Good Game Look Over Seen Excited

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?

Work Mother Child Waiting Me You

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