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Steve Toltz Quotes

I made some probably very cringe-worthy short films that shall hopefully never make the light of day.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: australian
Birth: 1972

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Light Day Short Never Made Some

'The Asylum Dance' was written after I'd moved back to Scotland and was a response to moving to my old home area of Fife.

Home Dance Moving Back Old Scotland

I had always studied French and was obsessed with French films. I hated the way American films always had happy endings. I liked the way French films had dark and unpleasant characters; it was much more realistic.

Happy American Dark Way More Always

I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.

Mind Know Cannot Psychic Public

We would be driving down the street in a place like Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and started to see, my gosh, the only people that have shoes are men. Why does that woman have a baby in her belly and one on her back, and she's carrying a huge load of bananas? You start to ask these questions.

Shoes Men Woman People Baby Start

I don't have the time to curl up on my couch with a good book.

Good Time Book Up Couch Good Book

Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles.

Business Beautiful Tough Face Facts

To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.

Michael Servetus

Man Defend Doctrine

One hopes that with a book or movie, the reader or the audience will emerge from it thinking. That's the most you can hope for: that you've raised questions that will be there for the audience to think about later.

Hope Book Think Thinking Questions

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

Eyes Child World See Through Being

My husband and I were excited about having a kid - it was having a baby that had us worried. We had a lot to learn, so like good liberal arts graduates, we signed up for a class.

Good Baby Husband Learn Class Kid

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I've got more than 600 pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses, from 1950s originals to newer models. I have them on the wall like opticians do so I can pick out a pair that goes with my outfit. I had around 30 pairs, then my husband Rainer started getting them for me as birthday and Christmas gifts.

Birthday Me Husband Sunglasses Wall

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