"If you rewrite a paragraph fifty times and……" — Tana French
"If you rewrite a paragraph fifty times and forty-nine of them are terrible, that's fine; you only need to get it right once."
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77 Quotes by Tana French
Tana French has 77 quotes on this site.
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I've always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you're over about twenty-five there is no other…
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I found out early that you can throw yourself away, missing what you've lost.
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You forget what it was like. You'd swear on your life you never will, but year by year it falls…
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Don't get discouraged if you're hammering away at a sentence or a paragraph or a chapter, and it keeps coming…
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Privately, I consider religion to be a load of bollocks, but when you have a sobbing five year old wanting…
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Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years…
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Both back when I was acting and now that I'm writing, I've always wanted the same thing out of my…
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You start admiring someone who's famous for actually doing something---imagine that---and I swear to you I will buy you every…
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It's easy to slide into believing you're the hypnotist here, the mirage master, the smart cookie who knows what's real…
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I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.
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With acting, you have to depend on somebody else to decide if you are allowed to work. You can spend…
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I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid,…
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The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for…
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In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.
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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament -…
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For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved.
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It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of…
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If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.
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I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
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I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind…
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In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops…
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think…
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The way to connect with voters on the plan is to simply give the facts. Fifty per cent of taxpayers…
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