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Ruth Ozeki Quotes

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: March 12, 1956

Topics

Think You Way Write Going Writer

Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.

Goals Sacrifice Government Support

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

Step Gun Think Long You Run

Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really family-friendly. The second thing is the music is jazz music, so the music is complicated enough to hold your attention for 5 or 6 million plays. That makes the songs interesting. The last part is the fact that it's danceable.

Music Me Sweet Key Interesting Jazz

I enjoy doing these silly little videos, and a lot of stuff online is stuff I actually created for my live comedy shows.

Live Comedy Doing Enjoy Silly Stuff

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

Office Vice Where Get Been Just

Fighting back against Iran is difficult and costly. No American president from Carter to Obama has been willing to take it on.

Fighting American Back Difficult

Aren't people supposed to do movies so that they can get girls?

People Movies Get Supposed

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.

Me Laugh Comedy Connection Goal

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

Unhappy More Being Idol Than

Somebody can say they don't understand why somebody drifts. But I've always found people who drift interesting, 'cause it shows me the game's not stagnant in their own head. They're thinking.

People Me Game Thinking Interesting

A fisherman, say, working on a beach doing his job, may be photographed by a tourist because it's photogenic to see him working, and the Caribbean is extremely photogenic, so poverty is photogenic, and a lot of people are photographed in their poverty, and sometimes it's kind of exploited.

Beach Job People Doing Poverty Kind

It's not the easiest life in the world, but then no life is easy.

Life World Easy Then No Life

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