D. J. MacHale Quotes

The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they write about people and places and events and conflicts they are familiar with. That way their writing will be real and hopefully readers will respond to it. I try to take my own advice.

D. J. MacHale

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 11, 1955

Topics

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Up to 80 percent of the fish that we catch spend at least part of their lives in estuaries.

Jim Gerlach

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We all know the place you're in has a big impact on how you feel. How you feel has an impact on the quality of work. Why wouldn't we put a lot of effort into making the place we work as efficient and productive and pleasant as possible?

Jesse Schell

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I've always enjoyed the physical side of acting.

Jerome Flynn

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I remember watching 'Three's Company' with my parents, and it was time for bed, so I started to make my voice lower like Don Knotts and imitating him. They started laughing, and I didn't have to go to bed, so that informed a lot.

Melissa Rauch

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In my wildest dreams I never thought - well, I never thought I'd work.

Steve Carell

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However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution.

Steven Pinker

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Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.

Simon Raven

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One has to create music with mass appeal and not something which is niche. With niche music, you will only go a small distance.

Mohit Chauhan

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Hebron is a bone of contention between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians in part because Abraham is buried there, in the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

Michael Korda

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Rushdie is a hostage.

Don DeLillo

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Prince Charles is the best-dressed man in the world.

Dominic West

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Fifty percent of life in the N.B.A. is sex. The other fifty percent is money.

Dennis Rodman

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