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Chris Pavone Quotes

Whatever's good about your book should be good on page 1, or very few editors are going to get to page 2.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 23, 1968

Topics

Good Book Page Whatever Going Get

I love the ambiguous kind of endings. I think, oftentimes, that's what life really is - there's no concrete path for you to take. It's always kind of a jumble of variables. Behind this door could be a beautiful woman, and behind the same door could be a tiger, you know? You don't know.

Life Love Beautiful Path Woman Door

Every time I write a book, I think how I could be doing it better to please people - a nicer book with nicer characters - but I just can't.

Time People Book Think Better Doing

'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

Me End Short Look Three Squad

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

Stephan Jenkins

Believe Cards Balls Crystal Need

My dad has a lot of foresight and decided that I would not do any shows in Mumbai till I became a singer and got to sing my own songs. He knew that if I started earning money from shows, I would not have the time and aggression to rough it out to become a singer.

Time Money My Own Become Mumbai Out

I think this is how life is. It's not a linear march through time; you revolve around the same old things as you age and acquire experiences.

Life Age Time Think You March

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Fear Time Me You Look Bad

It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming.

Live Me Road Internet You Know

Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management.

Management Know Out Got Well Idea

The best advice he gave me was to carry on. It would have been difficult to set foot back inside a TV studio if I hadn't carried on - I don't know if I would have ever gone back in.

Best Me Advice Back Know Difficult

There is a responsibility as president to choose your words carefully, especially on foreign policy, and to speak as clearly as possible.

Responsibility Words Speak Choose

Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.

Kumail Nanjiani

Laugh Successful Unsuccessful

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