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Quote by Donna Tartt
I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out th

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for. – Donna Tartt

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The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that theyre learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences. – Donna Tartt

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Everything takes me longer than I expect. Its the sad truth about life. – Donna Tartt

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sad
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But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know. – Donna Tartt

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I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isnt necessarily funny. – Seth Rogen

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Im half Jewish, Im half black, I look in-between. I dress funny. I play all these different styles of music on one record. Its like, What is he doing? – Lenny Kravitz

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But you cant focus on things that matter if all youve been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know. – Charlie Sheen

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