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No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevi

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isnt yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. – Roddy Doyle

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When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself – am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do. – Roddy Doyle

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Schools dont really allow failure and yet its a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. – Roddy Doyle

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Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought thats the way theyre done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to. – Orlando Bloom

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My feeling about work is its much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa. – Alan Cumming

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We have that illusion that we are deciding what to make a character do, in order to convey our message or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide whos been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. – George Saunders

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Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly. – Anna Deavere Smith

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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them. – Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2014

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Well, when I was a little girl we had 17 cats once. They all lived outside, and they kept having more kittens. My mom made us put little ribbons around each kittens neck, put them in a wagon, and go door-to-door around the neighborhood to try to give them away. – Cheryl Hines

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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. – Ramsey Clark

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Egotist. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me. – Ambrose Bierce

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