Ayelet Waldman Quotes

A good mother remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children, is an active and beloved community volunteer. She remembers to make play dates, her children's clothes fit, she does art projects with them and enjoys all their games.

Ayelet Waldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: December 11, 1964

Topics

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You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a specific individual that you're talking about, not that whole class of people.

Joel Coen

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I prefer to be flippant about acting, just in case I'm rubbish.

Tom Hollander

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Traveling is magical, inspiring, and life - changing.

Rory Freedman

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There was never an 'a-ha' moment when a spider bit me and I knew I could write songs. For that reason, I don't know if I'm always going to be able to. I want to write songs forever, but it's an elusive thing.

Lucy Dacus

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I think I need to be taken away, dropped in some territory with just a lot of loud guys.

Chevy Chase

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My fans are called 'Mayniacs'. They enjoy screaming and chasing me and taking pictures.

Conor Maynard

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It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.

Brenton Thwaites

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The only way to be a novelist, to think that you can create something others will give themselves up to for a dozen hours or more, is to have psychotic self-belief.

Nicola Griffith

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There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.

Marlene Dumas

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The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

Ken Follett

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I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

Kirsty Gallacher

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A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that you're playing is music that's been here for years. And all you're trying to do is improve upon it when you play.

Jamie Foxx

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