Lisa Jewell Quotes

If one of my romantic-comedy colleagues had written and directed 'Love Actually,' they would have been torn limb from limb. I thought it was awful, contrived, dreadful. I could see every twist and turn. I thought it was despicable. It was the writing that got me.

Lisa Jewell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 19, 1968

Topics

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Without thinking or reflecting, we plunge into war, contract heavy debts, increase vastly the patronage of the Executive, and indulge in every species of extravagance, without thinking that we expose our liberty to hazard. It is a great and fatal mistake.

John C. Calhoun

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I think that for me as a person, it's very easy for me to hear, 'It's too difficult.' Or, 'You're not easy to cast.' And, 'You're not beautiful,' and this and that.

Melanie Lynskey

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I remember, the first few years here, I didn't like London much: too big, too crowded, the physical difficulty of getting around.

John Lanchester

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Art should be created for life, not for the museum.

Jean Nouvel

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Comedy has allowed me to be my 100-percent-true self, as opposed to other places, where I feel like that's been a hindrance. Whether it's music or poetry or hosting, people want you to be something else: they want you to be packaged in a certain way.

Amanda Seales

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If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.

Stephen Jay Gould

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I'm a golfer and have had three holes in one.

Stephanie Szostak

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'Rockaway Beach' is a great song, and so is 'Listen to My Heart.'

Tommy Ramone

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'Fifty Shades' opened the door and made it easier to write about any issue that's controversial. It has helped other authors talk honestly.

Jay Asher

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Perhaps I'd like to design cars, but I don't think I'd be much good at it.

Jonathan Ive

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I don't deal well with being told what to wear and sit on a mark. It just feels like my soul is being ripped out.

Brie Larson

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Every crisis offers you extra desired power.

William Moulton Marston

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