Quote by James Rollins
The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if r

The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, its time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel in 90 Days. The author said to just write three pages a day, and I figured, I can do this. I never got past Page 3 of that book. – James Rollins

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I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, Ive wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written. – James Rollins

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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, youll find one at the end of your arm. – Sam Levenson

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We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. – Lauren Hutton

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My parents were dishonest people. If it was my birthday, I knew my mother took me to the K-Mart and she stole my toy. Shed put it in the shopping cart and wed walk out. I was raised with that. – Vincent Gallo

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I crashed my boyfriends birthday when I was 12 years old. He didnt invite me and so I showed up. – Isla Fisher

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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. – Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887

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The guts carry the feet not the feet the guts. – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605

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