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Donna Tartt Quotes

I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 23, 1963

Topics

Long Write Decade Two Only Both

I quite like the Queen. Now, this must come as a fairly amazing statement for someone who is avowedly left wing, pro-independence and anti-monarchy, but there you go.

Queen Amazing Someone You Go Now

Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can... On third down and short yardage, the Raiders don't jump offside. That's discipline - not a coat and tie, not a clean shave.

Discipline Best Short Doing You Tie

In the '90s, the radio was still alive with all different kinds of points of view, and I think that's why people are longing for that time. It was the first time that alternative music broke through to the mainstream.

Music Time People Think View Alive

A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need, but the right ones for the job.

Good Best Job Balance People Team

I do what I love, thank God. I get to make music and get inspiration through Judaism. I can see why people might be surprised, because it's not been done before. It's certainly not typical. People are always trying to wrap head their around it. But it's probably simpler than everyone thinks.

Love Music God People Thank God Why

Be safe and be realistic. They're both equally important.

Important Realistic Safe Both

I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good.

Good Want Movies Independent Going

I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once.

Together You Go Jokes Hold Whole

I did a show in Germany, and some kid - he was disabled - he was actually in a wheelchair, and he came out to my show, and he couldn't get across to me what he was trying to say, and you could see that he was frustrated because he couldn't fully express himself, and I just felt like, 'Wow, he's just really passionate about me.'

Me Trying You Say Passionate See

It's great to have an honest course where you can use your strength. I swim 10 hours a week, I bike 20 hours a week, and I want to be able to show that.

Jonathan Brownlee

Strength Great Bike Week You Want

I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.

Brigitte Nielsen

People Promotion Military Shooting

There is a level of intimacy in sharing the foods that have shaped me.

Antoni Porowski

Me Sharing Intimacy Level Shaped

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