Damon Galgut Quotes

One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.

Damon Galgut

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What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

Amy Grant

GoodYouKnowGood IdeaSeemGoing

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

Steven Pressfield

GoodHabitFreeBadProfessional

I came up with Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Those guys, they took me under their wing at an early age.

Troy Carter

AgeMeEarlyFreshUpPrince

Our country - whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less; - still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, and to be defended by all our hands.

Robert Charles Winthrop

HandsCountryMoreHeartsStillOur

The Internet has given us an unlimited platform of knowledge and inspiration. Sometimes the most efficient way to create a new sound is to cross between genres and experiment with noises/tempos that wouldn't normally go together.

Mija

KnowledgeTogetherInternetCreate

I wasn't always a novelist. I began my writing career as a journalist, working on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney, Australia, doing the crime beat and court reporting. Having grown up in a small country town, I felt as though I had nothing to write about.

Michael Robotham

WritingSmallDoingCareerAustralia

The mint julep may be sacred in the South, but so is college football, and that doesn't stop us from enjoying it.

Jonathan Miles

FootballCollegeStopMintMayUs

The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille. I loved it, and it gave me a lot of energy to start into my own.

Douglas Brunt

MeGoldStartBookEnergyLoved

I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.

Bruce Campbell

MeNot InterestedFilmInterested

The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.

Arundhati Roy

FightImpossibleFightingAmerica

It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.

Peter Capaldi

StormIndustryBritishFilmStill

The film business has changed so dramatically from when I started.

Penelope Ann Miller

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