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Claire Messud Quotes

I love my books, and with all their dog-ears and under-linings they are irreplaceable, but I sometimes wish they'd just vanish.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1966

Topics

Love Wish Sometimes Irreplaceable

A company that is big is never really bad but also not really good.

Good Bad Never Company Big Really

There's something so delicious about holding onto a secret; it's something just for you.

You Secret Delicious Something Just

People misunderstand what a police state is. It isn't a country where the police strut around in jackboots; it's a country where the police can do anything they like. Similarly, a security state is one in which the security establishment can do anything it likes.

John Lanchester

Police People Security Country Where

The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

Fun Law Writing Easy More Answer

You just can't spend any time second-guessing yourself.

Time Yourself You Just Any Spend

Zombies are eternal. They're like dinosaurs.

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Dinosaurs Like Zombies Eternal

On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and friendship and decreases the probability of depression.

Martin Seligman

Friendship Love Relationship People

I was proper, proper fast at one point, and obviously I'm not now, so I've lost certain things, but when I was that fast I didn't need to do certain other things in a game. It was such a potent weapon.

Game Fast Lost Now Need Point

I'm not at my best when I'm not working - I'm certainly not at my happiest. Acting will always be my first love.

Love Best Acting Will First Always

The media is always looking for a story of one kind or another.

Looking Story Media Kind Always

I'm not one of these guys who is dedicated to playing or performing - that's just one facet of my life.

Life My Life Playing Just One Just

What I love about piano and vocal is it's incredibly pure, and it gets down to the essence of the song because you're not distracted by an orchestra. When it's just a piano and a voice, it's about the purity of singing the song.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Love Singing Song Voice You Down

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