Eleanor Catton
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ELEANOR CATTON KARIN SLAUGHTER Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy. BRENDAN FRASER MICHAEL KORDA My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond,' I was going through a lo... USHER JAMES D. WATSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES J. D. SALINGER PATRICIA HIGHSMITH What was glimpsed in Aquarius—what was envisioned, believed in, prophesied, predicted, doubted, an... ELEANOR CATTON ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT KIM YOUNG-HA I'm happy and I'm focused on my work... it's incredible to be able to work with 20th Cen... EIZA GONZALEZ PHIL KLAY ALAN FURST PATRICIA HIGHSMITH BARBRA STREISAND TERRY PRATCHETT PATRICIA HIGHSMITH PATRICIA HIGHSMITH RUPI KAUR KAT GRAHAM I did love 'Dirty Sexy Money' quite a lot. I loved my tenure at 'Scrubs' quite a lot... BELLAMY YOUNG BOB NEWHART [Patricia Heaton from] Everybody Loves Raymond ... Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania. DAVID HUNT It wasn't easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and... RICHARD D. ZANUCK BARRY MARSHALL I always read a lot as a kid and I'd spend long periods of time in my room reading... I wasn'... MICHAEL RIEDEL GEORGINA CHAPMAN LORDE I'm partial to stilettos. Stilettoes and long, flowing dresses are my new favourites. SANIA MIRZA TESS GERRITSEN I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out. CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON JOHN CURRAN PATRICIA HIGHSMITH PATRICIA HIGHSMITH GRAHAM GREENE It was sort of imagining him in the context of a (Raymond) Chandler kind of story that got us starte... JOEL COEN I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refine... G. W. BAILEY Early in 1967 Highsmith's agent told her why her books did not sell in paperback in America. It was,... ANDREW WILSON I did a lot of 'NYPD Blues' and 'Law & Orders' and a couple of other ones that w... FRANK VINCENT PHILIP ROTH I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence... ALEX SPANOS CAROLINA HERRERA TRACY CHEVALIER MARILYN MANSON CHARLIE PUTH ERIK LARSON The trajectory of a lot of black lives in the 20th century was people moving into cities. A lot of t... ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of... JOSCHKA FISCHER How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was v... ELEANOR MONDALE GORE VIDAL NEIL MARSHALL CINDY SHERMAN I would love to be in 'The Hunger Games.' I'm one of the few people who haven't read... CASSI THOMSON DAWN STEEL JAMES PATTERSON I've always slightly preferred Spade to Marlowe, probably just because I thought Hammett was coo... MARK BILLINGHAM MONICA RAYMUND CONOR MCGREGOR KARIN SLAUGHTER I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhou... LAURIEANN GIBSON I don't think that much change comes from economists. I think it comes more from political reali... ADAM DAVIDSON LEONARD NIMOY ELVIS MITCHELL CRAIG GROESCHEL I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often. RACHEL KUSHNER I did a lot of studying of great writers. I read that Hemingway rewrote 'The Sun Also Rises'... MARV LEVY MICHAEL KORDA I think the Occupy movement is absolutely fantastic; in my opinion, it's probably one of the mos... DAVID LLOYD DAX SHEPARD They are a good unit and we've not only got size, we've got speed. We've got a lot of strength, Jame... LARRY PEACOCK JULIE BURCHILL TWYLA THARP Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm complete... ABBIE CORNISH JOHNNY WEIR I would say my career is in a very good place. 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I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a... ELEANOR CATTON My sense of injustice about our family's 'weirdness' in not owning a car was amplified b... ELEANOR CATTON I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Can... ELEANOR CATTON The way that I see astrology is as a repository of thought and psychology. A system we've create... ELEANOR CATTON Astrology's a moving system that depends on where you're looking at it from on Earth. My hor... ELEANOR CATTON It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice. ELEANOR CATTON I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its pro... ELEANOR CATTON Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good... ELEANOR CATTON I vote far-left. 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People were pro... ELEANOR CATTON When the lights go out, the parents cry and ask each other what did he do to her, but the girls are ... ELEANOR CATTON But what you need to understand, my darling," she whispers, "is that this little taste your daughter... ELEANOR CATTON A woman fallen has no future; a man risen has no past. ELEANOR CATTON For Gascoigne and Clinch were not so dissimilar in temperament, and even in their differences, showe... ELEANOR CATTON In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from... ELEANOR CATTON I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers wh... ELEANOR CATTON I highlight everything I find interesting, and then type out everything I've highlighted, and th... ELEANOR CATTON Is it the smoke?' the boy said, shivering slightly. 'I've never touched the stuff, myself, but how i... 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The difference is, women know it. ELEANOR BRON ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and... ELEANOR EARLY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. ELEANOR BRON ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ELEANOR POWELL ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver. ELEANOR HAMILTON ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. 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Before the 20th century, the ulcer was not a respectable disease. Doctors would say, 'You're... 
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I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower. 
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I cited 'Catch-22' as a landmark film and one of my favourites. 
He's satisfied with himself. If you have a soul you can't be satisfied. 
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Taylor was named after James Taylor and claims that she knows all the James Taylor songs, and I'... 
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I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. 
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As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great... 
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I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it. 
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To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good... 
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good... 
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. 
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. 
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People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. 