Paul Theroux Quotes

Everything is fiction. You only have your own life to work with in the way that a biographer only has the letters and journals to work with.

Paul Theroux

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LifeWorkYouLettersWayOwn

When you grow up in the music industry, trying to be Britney Spears because that's what sells records and then you realize, 'All I have to do is be myself? I should have thought of that a long time ago,' it feels good to have success come from what's actually inside of you.

Jessica Simpson

SuccessGoodMusicTimeMyselfGrow

I haven't had trouble with writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, cliched writing, outright flailing around. Writing that doesn't have a good voice or any voice. But then there will be good moments.

Jennifer Egan

GoodWritingVoiceThinkMoments

I spent some time, six months or so, ruminating about the characters before I sat down to write 'Faith'.

Jennifer Haigh

FaithTimeDownWriteSixSome

Like children all over the world, by the age of 10 I'd come to believe that most of the really humane creatures were not really human at all.

Andrew O'Hagan

AgeChildrenWorldBelieveHuman

'Goodfellas' has kind of got it all. That was probably one of my favorite films as a kid, so I carried a picture of 'Goodfellas' in my wallet.

Mel Rodriguez

PictureKindKidWalletGotCarried

As an actor ages north of 60, he tends to be in more father roles than anything else. It's generational. And it tends to be a relationship that fascinates people, the flawed relationships between parents and kids.

John Lithgow

FatherRelationshipParentsPeople

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

Michael Bloomberg

I CanGoNewDutyAdvantageCause

I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.'

Sonia Rykiel

TimeHateThinkDressedWasting Time

Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back.

Rufus Sewell

GoodMeLookBackWantGet

Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what's feasible and what's not feasible in a game.

Masi Oka

GoodGameProgrammingComingSense

We did do the whole of the live suite from 'Fly From Here,' and that was very enjoyable to do. In fact, that is actually our longest piece of music, I think, that we'd ever done.

Chris Squire

LiveMusicFlyThinkDoneHere

Unlike Wimpy Tim Kaine, Virginians have a warrior spirit and a rebel heart.

Corey Stewart

HeartWarriorRebelSpiritUnlike

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