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Peter Carey Quotes

I have never begun a novel which wasn't going to stretch me further than I had ever stretched before.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: australian
Birth: May 7, 1943

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Me Never Stretch Going Further Than

I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve yourself of the very arbitrary and always punishing pressure of what an audience is expecting you to do, acting becomes a lot more fun and pure.

Jesse Eisenberg

Character Myself Focus Yourself Fun

I don't often get recognized for my work, but I look familiar. I'm just a working-man actor. I go and audition, and you just hope the work keeps coming.

Work Hope You Look Go Actor

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

Good Yourself Sympathy Learn Look

I started writing stories in sixth grade. But writing wasn't cool, like being good at sports, or being part of the in crowd, or winning fights on the playground.

Rodman Philbrick

Good Sports Cool Writing Winning

I never made any public statements. At least, I tried never to make any public statements.

Roman Abramovich

Never Make Made Tried Public Least

The days of print media are numbered. Some papers will be around for a few years, but everyone knows news is going online. Then you have to ask, who pays for it? How do you deliver it? Is there any money for proper investigative reporting?

Money Media You News Will Ask

I find being an adult very difficult. Being an adult artist, Asian American, incredibly difficult. Or trying, anyway.

American Trying Artist Find Asian

People should go see 'Premium' because it's a great story about love and the person who shaped us as the people we eventually become. There are a bunch of laughs as well as poignant thinking moments. It's a story about the human experience, and so many people can relate to it. Plus we need the money!

Love Great Money Experience People

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

Improvement Practice Without

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

Stars Again Forth Once Came Beheld

It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary assistance, as in the Greek case, this isn't only allowed, but it's also in Germany's interest. We all benefit by ensuring the stability of the euro zone.

Wolfgang Schauble

Want True Others Stability Interest

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

Rickie Lee Jones

Best Poetry Think Read I Think

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