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writing important scene
I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them. Brandon Sanderson
writing two my-family
I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours. Brandon Sanderson
writing journalism sometimes
The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big. Anthony Shadid
writing way controversy
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich
writing emotional levels
When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level. Ben Marcus
writing reader
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. Ben Okri
writing night awake
I know I have to write about the things that keep me awake at night. Barbara Kingsolver
writing thinking talking
If you're writing, you're a writer. If you're talking about it or thinking about it, I'm not so sure. Writing is ninety-eight percent work and two percent magic. Barbara Kingsolver
writing perfect
There is no perfect time to write. There is only now. Barbara Kingsolver
president running situation
Running away from the president makes the situation worse. Ed Goeas
president
Any time the president talks, you listen. Ben Nelson
president nebraska
Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska. Ben Nelson
presidential special attention
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events. Barbara Olson
president ass wanted
I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them. Calvin Coolidge
presidential political politics
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still. Calvin Coolidge
presidents shape
Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man. Thomas Friedman
president trying firsts
I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one. Dikembe Mutombo
president nominations assuming
I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is. Adepero Oduye
speak-english speak said
Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English. Aravind Adiga
speak speak-the-truth
That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended. Carson McCullers
speak
I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me. Arthur Conan Doyle
speaks-out opposites goal
Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in. Arianna Huffington
speak
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack. Arthur Schopenhauer
speak dave mania
There's a lot of Dave mania when I speak. Dave Pelzer
speak-english goats speak
We know the goats are imported because they don't speak English. Scott Adams
speaks-french japan common
Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in Rykiel, and she recognizes me, then we have a common language right away. Sonia Rykiel
speak secrecy caution
What thou seest, speak of with caution. Solon