Russell Smith Quotes

The novel is just fine: It's novelists who aren't doing so well.

Russell Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

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DoingWellFineJustWhoNovel

Writing careers are short. For every 100 writers, 99 never get published. Of those who do, only one in every hundred gets a career out of it, so I count myself as immensely privileged.

Jim Crace

MyselfWritingShortCareerNever

Philadelphians are intensely loyal. They don't switch teams even when the Sixers lose by 63 points or the Phillies finish last in the NL East.

Steve Capus

LoseFinishLoyalLastEvenSwitch

Donald Trump has a grasp on what's important and what's marginalia.

Steve Bannon

Donald TrumpImportantGraspTrump

You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.

Davy Jones

MeYouMatterBasementPut

When you're with real people, you don't have to be with virtual people.

Connor Franta

PeopleYouRealReal PeopleVirtual

I mean, look, I wear makeup in films. I don't wear makeup in real life. It's just part of the gig, that's all.

Bruce Willis

LifeMakeupLookMeanRealWear

I think our family motto is to always work hard, be humble, kind, and thoughtful about others around us.

Anwar Hadid

WorkFamilyHumbleMottoWork Hard

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad.

Sylvia Plath

SadHappyChoiceActiveBeing

If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that this is where the band is based, I would probably move to Iceland.

Peter Steele

MotherCareBrooklynPersonalMy Own

Along came a police lieutenant named Columbo, and my life would never be the same.

Peter Falk

LifePoliceMy LifeNeverSameCame

Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?

Noel Gallagher

MusicThinkStandLadyPlayNow

I did quite a lot of menial jobs. I was a waiter, an inventory clerk touring round properties listing cups and saucers, and a laserquest marshal.

Richard C. Armitage

InventoryRoundWaiterClerkQuite

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