Emily Perkins Quotes

#1. Writing is a way of life. I do it because it's a way of experiencing the world, and trying to come to terms with it and understand it and express it and engage with it. And to me it's a natural extension of reading.

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#2. One of my favourite actresses is Kate Winslet. She plays strong female characters and seems like she has a strong political awareness. I really like Naomi Watts and Juliette Lewis.

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#3. I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have pretty good sense of comic timing, so I'd really like to try that.

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#4. This is what we had become, after the first symbiotic year of our living together: a couple who needed another couple to be around.

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#5. There was a terminal narrative. It was a story until it stopped being a story and until then they kept wanting to know. Give up... Surrender your need for the detail; there is only one way this is going to end.

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#6. I have a huge passion for literature.

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#7. My fans have been so great. I'll go on fansites and read messages they put, and they all seem like really nice people.

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#8. How life can change if you're lucky enough to be around for it.

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#9. I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders and Alice Munro.

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#10. Jesus Christ, it's like living with Stevie bloody Nicks,' I said, 'only without the cocaine, which would be more fun.

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#11. I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton' and Mia Farrow.

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