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Paula Hawkins Quotes

I find writing the darker side, writing tragedy, a lot easier than writing happiness. Happiness is just less psychologically compelling, isn't it?

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: January 24, 1927 - December 4, 2009

Topics

Happiness Writing Find Tragedy Side

If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a traditionalist. That is what readers care about. It's what I care about as a reader. Now if I can have that along with a strong girding of ideas and some kind of exciting technical forays - then that is just the jackpot.

I Am Ideas Story Strong Care You

My job gives me the attention I'd otherwise crave.

Jennifer Saunders

Job Me Attention Crave Otherwise

One of my favorite things to do is be in front of the camera and act.

Camera Act Things Favorite Things

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.

Family Love Father Mother Together

Soros has taught me that when you have tremendous conviction on a trade, you have to go for the jugular. It takes courage to be a pig. It takes courage to ride a profit with huge leverage.

Stanley Druckenmiller

Courage Ride Me You Pig Profit

It's much more difficult to make an unbound book than a bound book, because the factories aren't set up to make an unbound book.

Stefan Sagmeister

Book More Difficult Up Because Set

I love TV. I've done it since I was 16. I don't have another skill.

Love Skill Done TV Since I Love

Now that I'm acting, I've realized that I don't have a lot of barriers. Certain actors have a hard time with anger or with joy or with whatever, and, I don't know, I don't seem to have those barriers.

Time Anger Joy Acting Know Now

I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.'

Diane Mott Davidson

Story New Writer Wanted Them After

We have to really appeal to that sensible center.

Center Sensible Really Appeal

I think the first three Rickenbacker basses were imported around 1964. Pete Quaife, the bassist for The Kinks, bought one. Then John Entwistle from The Who bought one. As for the third one, I asked the manager of the store if I could get an employee discount. He said I could, and so I picked up that one.

Think Said Three Manager Employee

Never lie to your mother. That's like the biggest lesson that I learned, learned throughout my life, you know?

Life Mother Lie My Life You Lesson

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