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Emma Donoghue Quotes

Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Politics Identity You Go Want Group

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

Me Believe Censorship Mean

Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it.

Together Fun Baby Have Fun Goal Get

People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.

Anatole Broyard

Work Job People Friends You Talk

Everybody loves to spend money at least some of the time - because everybody loves the stuff you can buy with it. The key to the pleasure level of any transaction is the balance between the pain of the payment and the reward of the purchased object.

Time Money Balance Pain Key Reward

I'm changing lineups obviously to give everybody their best opportunity to show what they can do. Just giving everybody their fair chance to assess that properly.

Opportunity Best Chance Giving Fair

I want to be an artist. I don't want to be a celebrity.

Artist Want Celebrity

I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.

Life Money Choices Financial My Life

I've lived all over the country - Michigan, California, Texas, New Jersey, Rhode Island and, now, Maine - but I never understood springtime until I spent 25 years farming in the Ozarks.

Texas Country New Island Farming

Illness played a great - and unwelcome - role in my early life. Mumps were soon followed by a raging sore throat, and it was decided that I should have my tonsils removed and adenoids scraped at the same time.

Life Great Time Early Same Role

The best thing we can do to secure the future of the global system, trading system, is to redouble the efforts to improve the system, to reform the system.

Roberto Azevedo

Future Best Improve System Reform

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

Only Immorality

At home, our parents never compared us. I mean, there were seven of us kids. Obviously, I always looked up to my brother and his work, and I have nothing but utter respect. But I never felt we were in competition.

Work Home Respect Competition Never

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