That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about.
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Related I have to confess that I don't read much of what is written about me. ALFONSO CUARON The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then... EMILY MEADE Of course I have the license to make up things, but I think a lot of what's written about China ... ANCHEE MIN So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. ... PRINCE I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the per... THOMAS MALLON Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS One of things so bad about depression and bipolar disorder is that if you don't have prior aware... KAY REDFIELD JAMISON I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written ... JAMES SALTER That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be ... SCOTT HAMILTON It's like there's some unwritten rule that if you're mates, you can say what you want to... KARL PILKINGTON I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically... JANE GOODALL I don't read much nonfiction because the nonfiction I do read always seems to be so badly writte... STANLEY ELKIN We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think... DANIEL GILBERT Most people don't walk around knowing what other people think about them, and I don't think ... CHRISTINA RICCI It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with... EDDIE CAMPBELL It takes a lot of courage, when everyone is asking you what you want to do, if you say that you want... JAMES NORTON You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harr... CASSANDRA CLARE I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don't know that I can dance. They ... NAIMA ADEDAPO The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they ar... OREN PELI I don't read the magazines that make things up about people. I know what the truth is. I don'... ASHTON KUTCHER I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much abou... TOM STOPPARD I often obsess so much about things that I can't get done, that I ruin other things. MARILYN MANSON One of the fascinating things about researching Heaven and Hell is, of course, the fact that there a... TAD WILLIAMS What other people think about you is non of your business,but what you think about yourself is your ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't ju... NEIL PEART The thing about games is, players often say they don't care about story, but then if you took th... KAREN TRAVISS What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you... IAN MCKELLEN What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funn... MAGGIE CAREY What many people don't know about 'Peter Pan' is that it's a very violent book and H... EOIN COLFER I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand peop... ANN HOOD I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too muc... CHRISTIAN BALE Anyone can go online and write anything they want about people they don't even know, and most of... COLTON HAYNES I don't care what you say about me anymore! I don't care what you write about me anymore. I ... GERRY COONEY I don't really care what other people see me as. I seriously don't. I've always worried ... KAJOL I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to sa... DAVID BOWIE I think a lot of the guys I know and a lot of people I've talked to, what they want is very ofte... KEVIN POWERS What I love about photography, and it's the same thing I love about acting, really, is that it f... JESSICA LANGE Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really ... HELENA BONHAM CARTER It's about learning what's important and what's not important, and at the end of the day... AUBREY PEEPLES The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what ot... PAUL MERTON So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just ... JOE CARNAHAN I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE Money doesn't matter on a deeply personal level. It doesn't make you feel any happier. But o... WINONA RYDER What I like so very much about this meditation is that you can take what you've learned and go about... DAVID LYNCH When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't ... TERRENCE MALICK When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You k... NANCY REAGAN Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate, it's not simply, 'Do you know what DNA is?... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Things like the movie 'Memento' are interesting to me because our memories of the things we&... PAULA HAWKINS What's really scary about the original 'Blair Witch' is that it doesn't really answe... ADAM WINGARD What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL Most of us don't think about miracles that we could possibly do. We don't have a vocabulary ... BRUCE WILKINSON It's very difficult to get an audience to be terrified of what's going on. Think about it: Y... JAMES WAN I've purposely stayed away from reading much about postmodern theory, and most everything I have... DAVE EGGERS Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow th... OCTAVIA SPENCER That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, ... LARS VON TRIER It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at w... AGYNESS DEYN I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have... BARBRA STREISAND I don't really read the tabloids, and you never know if what's being printed is true or not. LEONA LEWIS The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people... DAN HARMON I care what my reader thinks. There is no fancy recommendation you can give me that would matter to ... ADRIANA TRIGIANI I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you... PRINCE WILLIAM I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherw... MALCOLM MCDOWELL I long for an audience. I ache for it. I think that's one of the hardest things about the televi... BRIDGET REGAN You think this is something that happens to other people, this is what you read about. GABRIELLE UNION What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theat... JASON ROBERT BROWN I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good thin... DAVID MORSE We still go to nonfiction for content. And if it's well-written, that's a bonus. But we don&... GEOFF DYER It's important to raise your voice in things you feel passionate about and things that you know ... ZENDAYA People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Be... RICK BARRY What I worry about and don't like is the way in which the ideology of multiculturalism has decli... SALMAN RUSHDIE Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character'... CHRISTOPHER MELONI I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect... AVRIL LAVIGNE The great thing about Pete and Peggy's storyline is that you barely have to do anything. There... ELISABETH MOSS All records are riddles, and whatever you may want people to think it's about, it may just be th... TOM WAITS When you found a company, you feel a deep sense of responsibility for it. I'll care about Dell e... MICHAEL DELL A friend once asked me what comedy was. That floored me. What is comedy? I don't know. Does anyb... STAN LAUREL What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a... DEYTH BANGER I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of th... JOY BEHAR The 40s onwards are when we can really begin to enjoy ourselves. For many women, this is when everyt... TWIGGY One of the biggest lessons I've learned is that there has got to be a reason for what you're... STEWART BUTTERFIELD It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't hav... RANDY NEWMAN I think people respond to dystopian stories because they're ways of acting out anxieties that we... SUZANNE COLLINS In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret ... STEVE WYNN One of the interesting things about the Ozarks is you just about don't have street crime. It'... DANIEL WOODRELL You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of... MIKE WEIR I'm standing behind a wall of jokes. You don't know about my personal life, my girlfriends, ... STEVEN WRIGHT I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's of... OLIVIA THIRLBY A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you ha... CALISTA FLOCKHART How do you love your children? By doing what's best for them. Then how would you love your... J. GRANT HOWARD You can't write about history without writing about politics at some point. History is about mov... DAVID MAMET I don't often think of Donald Trump, but his daughter is very smart. She's a woman working i... GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about... OPRAH WINFREY I don't think I have ever thought of myself as a movie star. I think when I was about seven, I t... RUTH NEGGA Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, ... ADAM JONES The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My ... JAVIER BARDEM If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as ... R. L. STINE I've always declined to speak about things I don't think are anybody's business, and wha... ANNIE POTTS I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't qu... ALAN BENNETT We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American t... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE When you're starting a new business, you don't need to know much about it. A lot of the work... NAVEEN JAIN
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