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writing order should-have
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. C. S. Lewis
writing description delightful
Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.
writing youth access
I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness. Catullus
writing guitar eight
So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it. Catie Curtis
writing solitude needs
I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.
writing people stories
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing. Cecelia Ahern
writing creative feelings
I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see.
writing mystery
I would love to write a mystery - a romantic, funny mystery.
writing night space
I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.
emotional gotten hardest information instrument learned music older playing push song sound
What I've learned how to do as I've gotten older is to take all of the information that I have, and push it aside, and try to distill each song into an emotional theme. The hardest thing that I've ever had to learn how to do in playing music is use the sound of my instrument to create an emotional effect. Wynton Marsalis
emotional kids overtime
The overtime was an emotional issue. Our kids were shell-shocked that we were in that situation. Laurie Pirtle
emotional navigate perceive scenes truth wants
The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment. Ben Bass
emotional empathy states
The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person. Carl Rogers
emotional confusion pay
I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional ups and downs; because that's the price I'm willing to pay for a fluid, perplexed and exciting life.
emotional curiosity problem
Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species ... Carl Sagan
emotional courageous exploration
It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us.
emotional support solitude
In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support. Anthony Storr
emotional america years
Sixteen years I've pounded my head against the mentality of America, which...I'd say it's about an 8th grade emotional level. Bill Hicks
thinking people want
I think it's a privilege to be able to fly to somewhere where people want to see my show. Bill Burr
thinking rocks names
I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.
thinking trying like-you
I think it gets uncomfortable when you try to act like you didn't just tell a joke that bombed.
thinking comedian listen-to-me
For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.
thinking misery miserable
I used to think you had to live this miserable life and that that would make you funnier, but you don't. The misery will come. The misery will find you.
thinking people fans
I keep doing specials because I think there are a lot of people who make movies and TV who are fans of comedy - if they start to like you, they'll get a project going and call you in.
thinking comedian want
It's a great time to be a comedian because you've got so much more control. You can say what you want to. I think in the old days with the studio system the performer was a bit of an afterthought. You can be a wildcard on the internet. But if you put something on the internet once it's out there it's out there for life.
thinking guy wow
When you're...stepping over a guy on the sidewalk...does it ever occur to you to think, 'Wow. Maybe our system doesn't work?'
thinking perfect want
And on the seventh day, god stepped back and said and said, "This is my creation, perfect in every way... oh, dammit I left all this pot all over the place. Now they'll think I want them to smoke it... Now I have to create Republicans."