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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 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.
writing perfect
There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.
writing imagine wells
I imagine the proverb about too many cooks spoiling the broth can be applied to writing as well as anything else. The poetical or literary broth is better cooked by one person. Barbara Pym
writing kind pleasure
Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.
people train year
People train for this all year like the Olympics. Michael White
people winter
People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do. Sarah Davis
people risen
People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead. Richard M. Nixon
people stuff thinks weeks ya
People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'
people realize
People should come out just to realize what's going on around them. It's about the big picture.
people repeated vigilant watching
People should be vigilant about such extraneous charges. But this will probably be only a one-time shocker for most people. It won't be repeated because you'll be watching for it. Robert Rosenberg
people preparing sure taking
People should be preparing for this, ... I'm sure they're not taking it nonchalantly. Jeb Bush
people property
People should be able to say what they want, as long as it's on their property and they own the property, it should be able to be put up.
people shot
People shot anything. It was like going on a safari.
sloth apes court
And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness! William Shakespeare
sloth talent misuse
To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable. James Lee Burke
sloth trying goes-on
I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that I'll go on squandering till the very end. Christopher Isherwood
sloth ornaments use
To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. Francis Bacon
sloth style investing
Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style. Warren Buffett
sloth investment hallmark
Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process.
sloth hearing sound
As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound. Yann Martel
sloth knows know-how
I know how deeply slothful I am. Joseph Epstein
sloth laziness done
The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after. John Lyly