Tawni O'Dell quote: "My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on paper until I'm ready. Once I'm ready, I'm a focused, disciplined writer who will put in twelve hours a day at the computer, but I also spend a lot of time away from the computer getting to that point."

I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm discipl...
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I'm just excited to see myself on billboards. I'm getting ready to be a star.
ASTRO

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RAMI MALEK

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AHMET ERTEGUN

I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I...
EVAN RACHEL WOOD

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MASAHARU MORIMOTO

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HUGH JACKMAN

I'm totally active. I am just this side of hyper. I jog and go to the gym every day. When I'...
SUZI QUATRO

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DAVID EBERSHOFF

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FIONA SHAW

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SIDNEY CROSBY

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GENELIA D'SOUZA

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DAVID HALLBERG

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TAO LIN

I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it&...
MIKE WHITE

I've actually started a number of businesses in my career. So I'm 28 currently, but when I w...
AARON PATZER

You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off...
GAIL COLLINS

I'm a big fan of working out on my own. I put my headphones on and I'm pretty good at self-m...
CHRIS EVANS

I'm not an entrepreneur. I'm not a CEO. I'm a nerdy computer programmer who likes to hav...
MARKUS PERSSON

No, I'm not the first or last model of my type in this industry. You can make up all the reasons...
GIGI HADID

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LAURA MVULA

I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the...
CASEY AFFLECK

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TERI HATCHER

I find I often just fall into a stone-like sleep, right in the middle of the day, just sort of clonk...
DEBORAH EISENBERG

I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a...
PAULO COELHO

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FRANCISCO COSTA

I just decided that I would not put my professional life on hold to raise children. I know that soun...
EMMANUELLE BEART

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QUESTLOVE

I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
BEANIE SIGEL

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PAUL KANE

If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to h...
BETTY CARTER

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FERGIE

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ED WESTWICK

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BRAD BIRD

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DEMETRI MARTIN

My hands. I'm constantly working on my hands. I'm constantly working on my ground game and c...
BROCK LESNAR

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FEDE ALVAREZ

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BLAKE LIVELY

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of c...
BRIAN ENO

I'm a wealth creator. I'm not interested in saving in the least. While I do spend a lot, I d...
JOHN CAUDWELL

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking ...
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.
DEBORAH EISENBERG

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop unt...
J. COLE

I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times th...
TONY DORSETT

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CHARLI XCX

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ROBERT REDFORD

I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to...
JACK BRUCE

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BETTY WHITE

When people put labels on us, it doesn't always enclose everything that we are. So even though I...
HALIMA ADEN

It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh...
CLARENCE THOMAS

A supermodel is kind of that first-name recognition, but I'm not quite ready for that super part...
CHRISTINE TEIGEN

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RILEY KEOUGH

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TAYLOR HAWKINS

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JAMES GUNN

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not o...
KATY PERRY

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LIL UZI VERT

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CHRISTINE QUINN

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JACK PRELUTSKY

I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a...
CARRIE FISHER

I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different caree...
DAN BUCATINSKY

I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my ...
CARMELO ANTHONY

When I go outside in the morning for coffee, I'm not going to spend forty-five minutes getting r...
SHENAE GRIMES

I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I d...
PATTI SMITH

I don't write directly on to the computer because I don't think well facing forward with fin...
JOSHUA FERRIS

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situati...
DREW BREES

I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in...
ISABEL ALLENDE

I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind ...
RICHARD GERE

I listen more to music when I'm on my computer. I'm into the latest YouTube thing. I'm a...
JASON MCCOY

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JEFF LEMIRE

I give myself 24 hours after a loss. After that, I'm totally on to the next game. But for 24 hou...
RICK PITINO

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CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

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DARCEY BUSSELL

I want to pursue music in the future, but I'm taking it a step at a time and making sure I'm...
NAOMI SCOTT

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MICHAEL POLLAN

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JAMIE XX

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JOHN CENA

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GARY SINISE

Through my films I'm eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don't know if I'm ev...
ADAM SANDLER

I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing u...
CARLI LLOYD

I'm not ready to be a woman yet, I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll lik...
VANESSA MARCIL

Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

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MORGAN SAYLOR

I'm not a big gadget guy. When I write, I'll do the whole thing by hand, and then I'll p...
VINCE VAUGHN

There is never a right or wrong time to have kids; it happens for whatever reason, but you can have ...
DANNY DYER

At a festival, a lot of people came to see other artists, so you have to put on a signature set and ...
AFROJACK

I have a no-apology policy. No apologies for jokes. I apologize in my real life all the time. I say ...
KATHY GRIFFIN

I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I...
YAO MING

I believe that I improve with every book I write - most writers will probably tell you the same thin...
DAVID B. COE

I'm happy that I can focus on my body a little bit. I'm not happy to get surgery, but I'...
DWYANE WADE

All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying ...
DAVID RUBENSTEIN

From the core, I'm a shy person, but when I'm on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of cours...
LEON BRIDGES

I said, 'Okay, it's the year 2000, I'm getting a computer and a Palm Pilot.' I know ...
MARC JACOBS

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's ag...
BRITT EKLAND

My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on paper until I'm ready. Once I'm ready, I'm a focused, disciplined writer who will put in twelve hours a day at the computer, but I also spend a lot of time away from the computer getting to that point.

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