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Anthony McCarten
Anthony McCarten
New Zealander Novelist
Born: 1961
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Be more ambitious. Do your homework. There's no easy way around this. Anthony McCarten
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As you get older, you become more vain. But as your looks slowly deteriorate, your eyesight worsens, so it all balances out. Anthony McCarten
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I was born to a very large family, one of 7 kids. I grew up with carnivals and chaos all around me, so I can write anywhere. Anthony McCarten
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It's impossible to make a living in the arts unless you make a fortune. There's almost no in-between. Writers are either broke or rolling in it. Oddly, you can't tell them apart. Anthony McCarten
You Impossible Living Unless Broke Tell Writers Almost Make Oddly Rolling Arts In-Between Either Apart Them Fortune
Most writers live in self-imposed exile, even when they don't leave their country. They prefer the undiscovered country inside their own heads. Anthony McCarten
Country Own Live Inside Writers Heads Most Leave Exile Undiscovered Prefer Even
Truth is seldom appreciated and never understood, whereas a flattering lie is always appreciated and instantly understood. Anthony McCarten
Truth Truth Is Lie Seldom Never Instantly Always Understood Whereas Flattering Appreciated
At 17, I wanted to be a rock star. Anthony McCarten
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The New Zealand sense of humor is tough and realistic. Jokes are not surreal; they are about life and death and tough decisions. Anthony McCarten
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If we did not have the impulse and ability to believe in the impossible, we would not have religion, democracy, or marriage. Anthony McCarten
Religion Democracy Marriage Impossible Believe Would Ability Did Impulse
I am so superstitious that I think even discussing this subject is dangerous and will probably bring me terrible luck. Having been raised a Catholic, superstition becomes almost part of your DNA. The challenge is to slowly rid yourself of these little delusions. Anthony McCarten
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When I grew up, my house contained only two books: the Bible and the 'Edmonds' cookbook. We were a working-class household. Books were a poor second to the television, which was always on, usually with me in front of it. Anthony McCarten
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I'm still always surprised that anyone might be interested in my work or me. Anthony McCarten
Work Me Always Still Surprised Anyone Interested Might
Since my student days, I'd been a fan of those books with titles like 'Great Speeches that Changed the World,' as I loved the idea that the right person with the right words at the right time could really make a difference. Anthony McCarten
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One of the great things about Churchill is that he had the guts to say the unpalatable, to level with the people, even if it cost him politically to tell them the truth. Anthony McCarten
Truth Great People Great Things Say Churchill Tell About Cost Guts Had He Him Politically Them Even Level Things
There's a really fine line between artistic license and artistic licentiousness. And history is a lousy filmmaker. It doesn't give you all the ingredients you need. No story will quite fulfill that three-act structure. Anthony McCarten
History You Will License Fine Fine Line Give Structure Between Line Lousy Quite Artistic Story Ingredients Really Fulfill Need Filmmaker
My experience is, the writer I was when I began was only a fraction of what I feel capable of doing now. Don't stand on that threshold saying, 'I'm uncertain about my talent.' You can grow that part of yourself. Anthony McCarten
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We're living in extraordinary times, all the time. The issues that assail us are perennial. They haven't changed since the Greeks picked up a pen. Anthony McCarten
Time Living Changed Extraordinary Pen Perennial Picked Since Issues Up Times Greeks Us
The people I'm drawn to are sort of self-created. They came from backgrounds where not much was expected of them, necessarily. Anthony McCarten
People Backgrounds Drawn Sort Came Expected Where Them Much Necessarily
The more I read about the rules the great orators used, the more I realised, of course, this is how you stir people's hearts, and you persuade and cajole and move people out of fixed positions. The techniques are quite menacingly easy. Anthony McCarten
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