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Rodman Philbrick Quotes

As a young, ambitious novelist, writing for kids never crossed my mind.

Rodman Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1951

Topics

Mind Writing Young Never Kids

I love where I'm from. I love the landscape because it is so beautiful, and I also love the people of my community, the people whose stories I'm trying to tell.

Love Community Beautiful People Tell

If you know that something is true and just, and you give up, that's when you fail.

You Know True Up Fail Something

I always tell writers that it's good to have an area of expertise. It's a really practical answer, I know, but know about science or about sports or about medicine, so you can work as a science writer or a sports writer. Don't just know about yourself.

Work Good Science Sports Yourself

The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.

Excellence Man Greatness Search See

But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show.

Michael Imperioli

Work Great Great Work Last Show Did

So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot.

Day Doing Him Out Up Take

I have a rule that I don't review shows from photographs or from video. I certainly might go back and look at photographs and look at video to remind myself of something or for personal information. But I never review from that.

Myself Information Look Back Go

It takes me 10 minutes to get ready to go out, and that includes the shower.

Me Ready Go Out Shower Get

Emmys are wonderful and I'm thrilled to death that I have mine. But they're representative of a specific achievement, where this sort of thing is representative of how you've grown in your own industry.

Achievement Death You Own Industry

I'm still ambivalent about Hollywood. I think that's why I made 'Star 80.' To deal with the ambivalence. I really wanted to succeed Gene Kelly, and I thought it was a fair bet.

Succeed Think Thought Hollywood Why

When you go through a significant injury and have a major career change, you truly do go one year at a time, and you don't look past what's going on now, because you are not sure what's going to happen. Tomorrow is not promised.

Change Time Past Tomorrow Year Look

I have written stories, essays, even whole books on trains, scribble-scribble.

Whole Books Even Trains Stories

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