Walter Kirn Quotes

Let the novelists fret about consistency - story writers should feel free to jam; to get things right in new, surprising ways by allowing themselves, now and then, to get things wrong.

Walter Kirn

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ConsistencyFreeStoryFeelWrong

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.

Jenson Button

SleepRaceAlwaysWellAdrenaline

I was 5 years old when I did my first catwalk and did commercials at 16. I went professional after my studies.

Melania Trump

ProfessionalOldFirstYearsDid

My calendar was empty. Touring the way we did and having a schedule like we did institutionalizes you in a way where you don't know anything else. I think I went through the darkest depression I've ever felt in my life.

Andy Hurley

LifeDepressionThinkMy LifeYou

These smugglers, many of them present in trafficking through my State of Arizona, create false Social Security cards, false green cards, visas and a variety of other fraudulent documents as an essential part of their smuggling activities.

John Shadegg

GreenPresentSecurityCardsCreate

Nothing is 'another day at the office.'

Anand Mahindra

DayNothingOfficeAnother Day

Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner.

Tom Cotton

PartnerRecognizeIranFundamentally

You become sillier and more youthful as you get older, maybe, because you're over all your anxieties.

Rosamund Pike

YouBecomeMoreOverGetYouthful

My novel 'Wolf Brother' is set in northern Scandinavia during the late Stone Age, so I was aware from the start of Norse influences. I used some Norse names, and the soul-eater Thiazzi is based on the Norse storm giant, Thiassi.

Michelle Paver

AgeStormBrotherStartWolfStone

Look, not embracing the 'Today' show is soooo yesterday.

Mo Rocca

TodayLookYesterdayShowEmbracing

The filmmakers have a story they want to tell, and they go get the material they need for it. The film either exceeds or fails to meet up to their expectations or it's different.

Joshua Oppenheimer

ExpectationsStoryGoWantMeetUp

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others.

Joseph Butler

ManifestDesireWillOthersWithout

When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.

Diane von Furstenberg

DoorHotelLuxuryYouComfortKnow

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