"I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents."

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Source : "Book World Live: Kid's Books". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. December 13, 2005.

Jabari Asim

#Book Quotes #Talent Quotes #Not Happy Quotes

“The short story is the art form that deals with the individual when there is no longer a society to absorb him, and when he is compelled to exist, as it were, by his own inner light.”
“Most of my films seem to be about people bewildered by the world around them, who don't fit into it and are trying to understand it.”
“The spine as a whole operates as a functional unit. Each vertabra can affect its neighbor and one portion of the spine may affect or damage other areas of the body.”
“I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.”
“I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.”
“People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity”
“I say what I think, and I stand behind what I say.”
“I wasn't a great background singer.”

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