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Alafair Burke Quotes

Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1969

Topics

Father Book First Up Who Between

There are a lot of shows that have been saved because the fans weighed in.

Fans Because Been Saved Lot Shows

I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.

Life Wind Think Sailing Going Been

I am not a good example of an urban pastor. Because of the way I believe God calls me to use my time, I don't have significant relationships with most of my neighbors.

Good God Time I Am Me Believe

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

Stephan Jenkins

Music Value Literature Moments Minds

I love anything to do with cooking, from watching the Food Network to reading recipe books by Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Levi Roots. My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family.

Family Love Food Cooking Roots New

I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city.

Christopher McQuarrie

Love Walk City Looking Movies See

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Christopher Columbus

Destination Obstacles Goal Over May

It is not oil or the environment, it is oil and the environment. We are living in the same world. We are not enemies.

Christophe de Margerie

World Environment Living Oil Enemies

Kai was always dead and gone. That was always the plan. That was the plan when I signed on for the role. That was the plan once I was talking to Julie when the role was coming to a close. It was always, 'He dies and is actually gone.'

Talking Plan Dead Always Gone Role

Alzheimer's is a horrible thing. Some people are naive about it. They think, 'Oh it's just your memory,' but my mother was in terrible pain. Your body closes down. She didn't know if she'd eaten or if she wanted to eat. She couldn't remember how to walk. Towards the end, she didn't know us. It came gradually, then it got worse.

Mother Walk Pain Memory People End

It's a fantastic privilege to spend three or four hundred pages with a reader. You have time to go into certain questions that are painful or difficult or complicated. That's one thing that appeals to me very much about the novel form.

Time Me Questions You Complicated

I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.

Thankful Anything Taking Ever

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