Since I cant write the greatest American novel, Im going to write the longest American novel. - Thomas Steinbeck

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I don't play roles everybody likes. I'd rather have a career I'm proud of. Like everyone else, I need to eat. But I'm a very unbusinesslike person, and I keep my price low. I'm not a mass product. I'm not everyone's cup of tea.

Thomas Steinbeck

Since I cant write the greatest American novel, Im going to write the longest American novel.

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The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

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For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to asking one to recall their three favorite sunsets.

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My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.

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My father believed, like Pericles, that a mans genius could be easily judged by the number of unenlightened fools set in phalanx against his ideas.

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Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.

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The world saw and understood that, when it comes to the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, they have to deal not just with Armenia with its three million population, but with the ten million Armenians. And let no one ignore the fact that, contrary to any slogans, the Armenian nation is united in its goals and is strong with its sons and daughters.

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No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.

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As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with.

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I do like a song that can look good on a page without even being sung. I edit and edit and edit.

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