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“Usually when people say they have mixed feelings about something, it's a sort of euphemistic way of saying they hate it.”

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Matthew Specktor

Matthew Specktor is an accomplished American novelist born on December 21, 1966. His works are known for their profound character development and unique narrative style, which have earned him a dedicated following. more

“I worked in the mail room at CAA when I was in high school. I worked in the literary department, too. That was my after school job, believe it or not: I would read manuscripts and then evaluations on whether or not I thought they'd make good movies. Which was fascinating and kind of hilarious to me at the time.”

Believe Kind School Jobs Rooms High School Department Fascinating Mail Manuscripts Good Movie Evaluation After School

Author:Matthew Specktor

“My mom was a screenwriter. I saw a lot of people who didn't seem very fulfilled creatively or otherwise by their roles in the motion picture industry.”

People Seems Roles Saws Mom Industry My Mom Fulfilled Screenwriters Motion Pictures

Author:Matthew Specktor

“I was so very interested in literature and so relatively uninterested in the movies when I was a teenager.”

Literature Teenager Uninterested

Author:Matthew Specktor

“My parents were very patient with my pretentious little adolescent snobberies. It took me awhile to accept them.”

Littles Parent Accepting Patient Pretentious Snobbery

Author:Matthew Specktor

“Every snotty egotistical teenager thinks they're smarter than the world they crawled out of. It didn't take me so long to grow out of that. I think I was only in my early twenties when I realized I was just relying on received ideas.”

Thinking World Long Ideas Grows Twenties I Realized Teenager Take Me Smarter Egotistical

Author:Matthew Specktor

“I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow!”

Giving Son Enjoyment Wow Personal Life Much Love Professional Life

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“One of the weird things about L.A. is that there's always a set of negative perceptions that attaches itself to this city.”

Cities Perception Negative Weird Things

Author:Matthew Specktor

“When I moved to SF in my early 20s, I loved it, but I was absolutely astonished to discover that people there hated L.A. I was just like why? Really? I had no idea.”

People Ideas Moved No Idea Hated Early 20s

Author:Matthew Specktor

“Sometimes it seems to me that the celebration of a person is really just a prelude to ridicule.”

Persons Sometimes Seems Celebration Ridicule Prelude

Author:Matthew Specktor

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