Amy Tan Quotes

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer.

Amy Tan

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LuxuryWaySitJustWouldAble

Why do all our friends and relatives destroy the summer for us? Why can't they get married in February?

Jerry Della Femina

FebruaryFriendsSummerWhyDestroy

When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.

Andrea Riseborough

TruthRomanticYouPersonReal

I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.

Melissa McCarthy

MeMakeupThinkTransformJustWigs

What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.

Jean Dujardin

WorkGoodMyselfMeWork HardProud

How it came to pass that man, originally taught, as we doubt not he was, to know and to worship the true Jehovah, is found, at so early a period of his history, a worshiper of baser objects, it is foreign to our present purpose to inquire.

Simon Greenleaf

HistoryManPurposePresentEarly

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

Russell Simmons

PeopleBlameSocietyTrueWillIlls

Harmony Korine, the screenwriter, was really into my early work. I did a lot of stuff under the name Sentridoh and a lot of 4-track cassette stuff that he was into.

Lou Barlow

WorkNameHarmonyEarlyStuffHe

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.

Allen Tate

WhyQuestionWherePoemAfterCame

It's not like being a writer is a very lucrative career, but you know, you just know when you've found what you're really meant to do.

Sunil Yapa

YouCareerKnowBeingJustLike

I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I don't have to follow rules. I can sort of just be unconventional.

Lynn Shelton

WorldRulesI CanWantWriteFollow

It's very important to vote. People died for this right.

Lenny Kravitz

PeopleImportantVoteRightVery

If I see, hear, or experience anything that I feel is inappropriate, you bet I'm going to speak up.

Kimberly Guilfoyle

ExperienceSpeakFeelYouSeeI See

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