"Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life."
-Donna Tartt
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"But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.“
-Donna Tartt
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"I want to do all kinds of things. I want to do some comedy. I'd love to do a romantic comedy, and I'd love to do some period pieces with classical text. I'd love somebody to cast me as Macbeth, but for a film. I just want to be all over the place."
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