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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 way controversy
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich
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.
writing perfect
There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.
writing habit latter
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter. Barbara Mertz
writing names wave
We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away. Augustus
writing thinking secret
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work. Augusten Burroughs
ideas rights affair
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms Boris Yeltsin
ideas world chaos
Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos. Auguste Comte
ideas stories bigs
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas. Brian Selznick
ideas wealth source
Ideas will be the major source of new wealth. Brian Tracy
ideas superhero world
For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world. Brad Meltzer
ideas old-buildings history
Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings. Jane Jacobs
ideas old-buildings needs
New ideas often need old buildings.
ideas lakes ridiculous
The idea of it (draining Lake Powell) is absolutely ridiculous. Jane D. Hull
ideas accepting ready
My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas. Benjamin Disraeli
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It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much. Ayn Rand
too-much
The only thing that you can never have too much of is love.
too-much argument disputes
Arguments are too much like disputes. Jane Austen
too-much stories enough
In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why. Anton Chekhov
too-much enough ifs
If you do not love too much, you do not love enough. Blaise Pascal
too-much triumph ignored
We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God’s will and guidance. It is obvious, and it should not be ignored, that it is your own very human wills that are at work here, celebrating their triumph; the course that you are taking at the outset is one that you have chosen for yourselves… Dietrich Bonhoeffer
too-much
There's no downside to having too much experience. Barry Levinson
too-much way mouths
I'm a very open person. I know I open my mouth way too much, but I just do that. Courteney Cox
too-much moments modern
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