Michael On
Michael On
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I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's 'The Elephant's Child' and 'The Jungle Book.' Deep down, I've always wanted to write a book about a wild child and an elephant.
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I was nervous about it, They're all in the same boat.
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I wasn't asked to go, and I'm not one to just show up, ... I've since been told that it's dangerous for an actress or actor to meet their subject. Many times they start doing an impersonation of the person rather than acting the part. Kathy said she'd seen me on television but didn't want me on the set for that reason.
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I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to provide a frame of reference that wasn't the usual frame of reference of the New York art world and Europe.
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I wasn't always a novelist. I began my writing career as a journalist, working on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney, Australia, doing the crime beat and court reporting. Having grown up in a small country town, I felt as though I had nothing to write about.
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I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.
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I was not thinking about infinite multipliers when I was 10. But I did have a father who was a Ph.D. in commerce and finance and an intellectual man. And so I had a feeling, probably about the time I went to college, that I would try to be a scholar and teacher, but I didn't know which field.
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I was never really happy with the shot until it landed on the green and then I knew I needed to keep my mouth shut. Two seconds later the ball was in the hole.
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I was never on the side of the teachers at school. Even though I put all the work into getting the main role in the end-of-year musical when I was 11, they didn't give it me, even though they knew I should have had it. That sort of drove me into am dram and getting the main part in another production. And I did.
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I was a researcher on Friday and Saturday nights, ... but I spent a lot more time there. We were having a heat wave and the office was air-conditioned. They mistook me for a hard worker.
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I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad.
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I was a pretty wild kid, and I probably lived 48 years in my first 20. But I always seemed to have a true line of faith for some reason.
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I would jump at the chance (to work at GW again), ... I really, really enjoyed it. It's what I was excited to do.
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I would hope that whatever they end up doing with Microsoft doesn't leave them in a way that they can't continue being that way, ... Have they done some things wrong? Has their behavior been a little aggressive? I guess it has and I guess there should be some retribution for that, but I wouldn't want to bring the whole company down on its knees.