"I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there's always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out."

-- Monica Ali

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“Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or library, calculate how many lifetimes the average person would need to read all the fiction contained therein. To think that one has anything to contribute, to any genre or tradition, takes genuine hubris.”
“In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.”

Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.43, Cosimo, Inc.
“When I became 21, I decided that nobody learned anything about politics after the age of 21.”
“Big actors want to work in television because they see it as being new and different.”
“The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty.”
“Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.”
“Some things are private, Ethan. Even for grown-ups.”
“You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat.”

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