"History is the history of human behavior, and human behavior is the raw material of fiction. Most people recognize that novelists do research to get the facts right - how a glove factory works, for example, or how courtesans in imperial Japan dressed."

-- Amy Waldman

#Japan Quotes #People Quotes #Novelists Quotes

“People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles â€¦ it's a small percentage.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“About a minute-and-a-half to go. He goes on a down-and-in pass. As soon as he caught it, I really puffed him, and his head snapped and the ball flew, and Chuck Weber fell on it. I clenched my fist, I turned around, and I closed my eyes and I said, 'This f-in game is over.'”
“I believe it is a spirit of hope that gathers us here together today.”
“I literally change my phone number 10 times a year and I don't ever save my contacts.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.”
“The biggest experiment there - and I was convinced for a really long time that it was going to fail horribly - had to do with this weird thing I do every now and then. Like everyone else, as a reader there are certain things that really rub me the wrong way in fiction - pet bugbears, let's call them.”
“You are lucky if you have one or two epiphanies in your life, particularly a creative one.”
“It's a mystery why certain people find certain things funny.”

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