"No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship"

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Sara Paretsky

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“As a kid, I can't remember having anything to play with except a loose tooth. And that wasn't mine. It was my brother's.”
“I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural.”
“The characters in my novels are my own unrealised possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by them. Each one has crossed a border that I myself have circumvented.”
“It's interesting to play that [ Thomas in The Maze Runner], actually. The audience gets to see the character discover who he is, things that he never even knew about himself. I love that Thomas starts out as the newbie, as the 'Greenie', and the audience kind of experiences that through his perspective. It's really cool to watch him discover these leadership qualities that he has, and the way you approach it... I guess, just honestly. As honest as you can, really.”
“Believe in your dreams even when they seem lost”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.”

Source : "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.
“Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working actor, and as the years have gone on, I just naturally evolved into that. Because, y'know, I'm not a leading guy. Never was.”

Source : "Playing comic relief suits Steve Zahn just fine". East Bay Times Interview, www.eastbaytimes.com. April 11, 2005.
“The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.”

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