"I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything."

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Cecily von Ziegesar

#Mother Quotes #Book Quotes #Character Quotes

“There's not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there.”
“Friends often think it must be fun to be a painter... When it's going well, it's far more profound than mere fun; when it's not, it's not fun at all. In either event, painting is always deeply fulfilling.”
“On just a personal level, since I was little, I've loved fairytales, especially this one, because it is about what goes into making a beast a beast. Do you start as a beast? Do you turn into a beast because of the way that people treat you? I think it's something that is really universal and hit a chord with me when I was little, and so, hopefully we can explore some of that.”
“I was chef to the French Presidents between '56 and '59, finished with de Gaulle, and during de Gaulle I remember serving Eisenhower, Nehru, Tito, Macmillan; those were the heads of state at the time. I never saw anyone. No one would ever, ever, ever come to the kitchen. You couldn't even see them.”

Source : "Jacques Pã©pin Is Not A Mallow Man" by Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2012.
“Each segment has to pay off, so you have to look at it in a very, very micro-level and make each chapter in the book, each segment on a TV show, entertaining and informative, and if you do that then a cumulative affect will be success.”
“I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.”
“My unhappiness protects me from life.”
“Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate responsibility, I'm not saying it in a moral sense. I'm just saying it in the sense of what is it that's really going to bring change.”

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