Charles Bock Quotes

Something I found while writing 'Alice & Oliver' - a book that is unquestionably a work of fiction, but which also borrows details from my own life - is that writing the truth often requires invention and imagination.

Charles Bock

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LifeWorkTruthImaginationWriting

I hold myself to the highest of standards.

Jim Irsay

MyselfStandardsHoldHighest

During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

WorkInspireThinkLiteratureHalf

I often felt like that Mr. Magoo figure in the cartoon, who just wanders through traffic, and somehow it never hits him. I kind of feel that way about my whole childhood: Why do I have a normal life?

Jennifer Egan

LifeChildhoodFeelKindWhyWay

I'm really an actor first. I'd love to do more straight plays.

Shuler Hensley

LoveActorMoreFirstStraight

I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.

Mary Stuart Masterson

LifePeopleFeelMy LifeMeanGet

If you want a job, do what I did: work for other people for 50 years; but the odds of you getting swallowed up by the blasphemous godless, decadent, deadly spirit of today's show business are thousands to one.

Dean Jones

WorkBusinessTodayJobPeopleYou

Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being.

Clint Smith

RacismWell-BeingEmotionalSomething

They say imitation is the best form of flattery. That is particularly the case if you're a U.S. presidential candidate and pundits are likening you to a conservative giant like Ronald Reagan.

Chuck Norris

BestYouFlatterySayConservative

I wasn't really living anywhere... I was just kinda hanging out. I would live from week to week in places.

Bob Livingston

LiveWeekLivingPlacesOutHanging

Whiskey will always be a part of my life.

Artie Lange

LifeMy LifeWillAlwaysWhiskey

I don't care much about acting.

Sydney Pollack

CareActingMuchAbout

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.

Thurston Moore

I CanSomethingAffordWhenever

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