Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes

For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.

Garth Risk Hallberg

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ReadingHandsEarlyReasonFiction

Our enormous surplus revenues are illogical and oppressive.

John Griffin Carlisle

OurIllogicalOppressiveSurplus

I dream for a living.

Steven Spielberg

DreamLivingI Dream

As for what I look for, I don't know any other way to put it, but I look for truth, and honesty, because that's something that's few and far between. And obviously, someone who takes care of herself physically. But truth, honesty, and love, that's what's most important. Oh, and someone who can vibe to some jazz. Because I love jazz music a lot.

Trevante Rhodes

LoveMusicHonestyTruthCareLook

Unbeknownst to a lot of us, our children actually listen to just about everything we say and, even more so, watch everything we do. They notice the choices we make and the company we keep.

Tom Carper

ChildrenChoicesSayListenMoreUs

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

Robert Capa

WarMissDateLikeInvasionTurner

I don't exorcise anything with my writing. I'm sure people do, but I don't.

Ruth Rendell

PeopleWritingAnythingSure

I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes.

Ruth Rendell

GoodWalkingLondonNeverUpCarry

A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.

Mignon McLaughlin

GoodCarNew YorkMannersNewSame

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

Miranda Richardson

PeopleInsecurityWeaknessActor

That whole idea of chick lit being a thing that you just lump all the commercial female writers into - it went on for years.I'd switch on the radio, and I'd hear, 'Two female authors are here to discuss chick lit - is it dead?' and I'd think, 'Argh, no, not again. Are we seriously still having this conversation?'

Lisa Jewell

ThinkYouConversationSeriouslyTwo

I have a lot of creative control, so I can decide what I want to wear, what I want my brand to look like, what I want my songs to sound like, so I don't sound like some fake artist that people can't relate to.

Daya

CreativePeopleControlBrandFake

There's always going to be the need for new medications, better medications.

Anthony Fauci

BetterNewNeedAlwaysGoing

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