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"I find Hollywood really toxic."
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"In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world."
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"The criteria, for me, is movie star. It's Hollywood. Not Somalia."
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"Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood."
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"You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything."
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"I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star."
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"The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back."
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"If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?"
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"Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood."
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"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."
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"Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that."
Talent
"The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books."
Life
"I love the freedom that the narrative form provides."
Love
"I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions."
Motivational
"Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long."
Woman
"Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine."
Life
"I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history."
History
"I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting."
Time
"My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces."
Society
"I think people throughout the world identify with my characters."
People
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