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I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.

Tao Lin

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It's great people still care about books, and it's great you can still fashion a life from literature.

John Banville

LifeGreatPeopleFashionCareYou

I thought that if one wanted to be a writer, one had to write novels because I didn't know that one could be a poet.

Robin Coste Lewis

ThoughtKnowWritePoetBecauseHad

Everyone talks to their dog, and then in your mind the dog talks back. A talking dog can provide the words that a stunted protagonist finds difficult to muster.

Mike Mills

DogWordsMindTalkingBackYour

The American people gave us a new majority in 2014.

Mitch McConnell

PeopleAmericanNewUsMajority

For my part, as a filmmaker, I've never been a fly-on-the-wall documentarian. I have no commitment to that method. I believe it's a lie.

Joshua Oppenheimer

CommitmentLieBelieveNeverBeen

For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy.

Jonathan Anderson

MeSomeoneDoingTherapyInterview

Too many people judge a singer like Beyonce by what they see on the surface. Knowing the musicians she's worked with and how she works, I have a lot of respect for her.

Dianne Reeves

RespectPeopleMusiciansJudgeShe

I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.

Dennis Quaid

WorkGreatPeopleBetterYouWant

I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.

Donovan Bailey

SayAthleteThey SayCriticize

As soon as 'Hide Away' came out, it was like everyone knew who I was, and I started getting all this attention. It was hard to get used to at first. I just remember that I suddenly couldn't walk down the hallways without hearing a classmate or teacher playing it - it was unreal!

Daya

TeacherWalkRememberAttentionHide

Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments.

Chris Kilham

WorthLandOilResourcesMining

When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

Bobby Fischer

FootballBaseballWorldThoughtYou

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