Elif Batuman Quotes

'Constructed Worlds' comes from a novel draft that I wrote in my early twenties and reread/revised only in my late thirties.

Elif Batuman

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What are people going to do? Fire me? I've been fired before. Not book me? I've been out of work before. I don't care.

Joan Rivers

WorkFirePeopleMeBookCare

I have a couple of thick files about things that have gone wrong between people; I ought to write about them in the manner of a thriller. It would finally convince me that I was a real writer.

Amitava Kumar

PeopleMeWrongWriteRealGone

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

Stephen Leacock

DayDeathDieAlwaysArgueSome

I made my money in Iscar. I spend my money on the industrial parks.

Stef Wertheimer

MoneyIndustrialMadeParksSpend

My own career started in New York at the 'Associated Press', a fast-paced news agency where we rarely had time for deep reporting.

Tom Rachman

TimeNew YorkDeepCareerNewsNew

Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.

Miguel Cabrera

YouSwingGotStrikes

The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news, glad tidings, and much more. It is the message of salvation as repeatedly announced by Jesus Christ and His apostles and prophets. It is my firm belief that all truth and light originating with God is embraced in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

GoodGodTruthLightGood NewsNews

My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at the piano.

Brian Wilson

BrotherMePlayOutPianoBass

Franchises and chains have come to dominate small communities, but those same chains have eliminated a lot of the greasy spoons, places you didn't want to eat in the first place.

William Least Heat-Moon

SmallYouPlaceWantChainsPlaces

I'm not interested in becoming a bigger star, I'm not interested in being the wealthiest guy in the world. I'm doing fine, I love acting, and I want to do it for the rest of my life.

Seth Green

LifeLoveWorldRestMy LifeDoing

I put myself in a position where I made wrestling an option for me. I don't have to wrestle. I don't have to take another shot for the rest of my life if I don't want to. I have good enough hands, good enough boxing, good enough timing to strike with anybody in our division.

Tyron Woodley

LifeGoodMyselfMeRestMy Life

When I was first offered the book deal, I was like, 'I am not a writer. I haven't practiced this.' My approach has been completely stream-of-consciousness, and then edit down, because that's been YouTube for me forever.

Tyler Oakley

I AmMeBookDownYouTubeFirst

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