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Emma Donoghue Quotes

You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: irish
Birth: October 24, 1969

Topics

Childhood Happy Unhappy You Said

A lot of people in the movie business don't have a point of reference for me; nobody really knows who I am.

Business I Am People Me Nobody Who

It's a good feeling to have people support you.

Steve Clevenger

Good Support People You Feeling

For me, I coin Austin as being kind of a baby brother to L.A. Because it's pretty much the same thing; L.A. is just amplified to the nth degree.

Trevante Rhodes

Brother Me Baby Kind Coin Degree

Anyone can lose a fight. That doesn't bother me. But the shame that comes afterwards is unbearable.

Fight Me Lose Shame Bother Anyone

To me, it didn't matter where I played, I just wanted to play well.

Me Play Matter Where Well Just

Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him.

Eyes Style Men Fight Cool You

I'm definitely trying to be Number One.

Trying Number Definitely

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Born Order Observe Few Establish

Do you know, I have no idea how I got 'The Avengers'? I'd left the Royal Shakespeare Company, and I was one of a long list of girls, and got it on my audition.

Long You Know Royal Company Left

What college is all about is some kind of 4-year game about who is going to end up with the highest grades. And I don't mean to say that academic achievement isn't important. But it is, after all, a means to an end.

Achievement College Game End Grades

I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. 'Hey, man, what are you playing?' 'Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I'm performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!'

Alone Man Me Video Games Game Busy

I guess the idea of doing albums in their entirety, in sequence, appeals to people. I guess it's the memory of being able to hear the music in the way it was originally presented.

Music Memory People Doing Way Being

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