Lev Grossman Quotes

Until now, I've been a kind of binge-writer - I'll carve out five or six hours on a weekend day and make a large container of espresso and just bang out a lot of words.

Lev Grossman

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I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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With roasting, you've really got to bring your A-game. I hate to admit it, but I probably think and obsess more about the roasts than my own series. Because there's so much attention focused on the roasts. It's like the 'Super Bowl' of comedy. Everybody is going to talk about it. Forever.

Jeff Ross

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When I'm on the road traveling, the things I miss most are my two children and barbecuing with friends. Rack of ribs, lamb and veal are my specialties.

Angel Cabrera

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I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure.

Michael Ondaatje

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Certainly I'm passionate and driven and quite relentless when I want something.

Demi Moore

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I can do a lot more by shooting from outside, score inside, penetrate, and make opportunities for others.

Chauncey Billups

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I don't think of being a woman in an industry of men. I didn't walk into the kitchen and go, 'Ooh, I'm a girl!' I didn't get into my chosen profession. I wanted to be good at something.

April Bloomfield

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Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege

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I've always had some level of having to be independent outside of music because the music wasn't a smooth ride. We lost a lot in the mix: Everybody that I came in the music game with - friends I brought in with me - are all doing 10-34 years in jail. That's why if you want to get the real, you gotta get it from me.

Pusha T

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I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the country, you don't even have to please 1% to be phenomenally successful.

Penn Jillette

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I sat down once with the application for Match.com and started to laugh. I couldn't even get past the first page. And that's a very good site!

Martha Stewart

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If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

Lynda Barry

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