Stephen Chbosky Quotes

The girl that introduced The Smiths' song 'Asleep' to me was an important musical influence that I met in college. From there it's been an ongoing journey of different bands at different times, introducing bands and songs to me.

Stephen Chbosky

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There are two trilogies I admire: Robertson Davies's 'The Deptford Trilogy' and Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

Amy Bloom

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Every time I come back to the Twin Cities, I feel like I'm coming back home.

Rod Carew

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There's something about small venues that's amazing for developing material. It's almost like you can not only hear people's response, but you can understand it. In bigger venues you lose that, but you gain this sense of camaraderie in the audience.

Mike Birbiglia

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My struggle over the years has constantly been, it only takes 10 minutes, or an average shower, to come up with a mini-series or two, but it takes a year to draw them. So for me, it's been just trying to find a way to get all these ideas and all these incidents on paper.

Mike Mignola

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If you really put your mind to it, anything is possible.

Mirai Nagasu

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I do like to drive fast and I have gotten pulled over in the past. I use my skills to get out of tickets.

Josie Maran

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Actually, I'm the Scottish Woody Guthrie.

Donovan

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Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!

Doug Davidson

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I love the warmth of apple pie.

Christina Tosi

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You can't rush inspiration.

Colson Whitehead

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Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue written, whereas I don't invent dialogue for my subjects or plot their lives for them.

Claire Tomalin

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Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

Sela Ward

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