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'The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously about surviving with other people. Twyla Tharp
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The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word 'Irish' into half of all sentences, couldn't find Europe on an atlas, let alone Ireland. Ian Watson
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I put on 'Starstruck' for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred 'Home Alone.' Gillian Armstrong
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I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog. William Shatner
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How can we educators claim credit for understanding, let alone teaching, the 'global mind' without a single course on the impact of religion on every day life?
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Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
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When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I have a laptop; I can do the most tedious part of my job in a public place. Chuck Palahniuk
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay. Zubin Mehta
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If I had auditioned for 'Merlin' on magic alone, I don't think I'd have got it. Like any kid, I probably had a magic kit, but it's not something I ever pursued. I've never watched a magic show like David Copperfield or used him to base my character on, but I really like David Blaine and Darren Brown. They are doing wonders. Colin Morgan
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What I love about 'Breaking Bad' is the reflection of many people's - it's more real in terms of people have faults, people have character traits that they don't like about themselves. It resembles more of what the human journey really is and it's less fantastic and hero-driven than other characters and shows that we watch. Giancarlo Esposito
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Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.
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I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans. Will Poulter
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I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind. Vikas Swarup
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I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal. Emilia Fox
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The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is meant to be, but there's so many boxes you have to check off on a pilot that it can sort of hurt the storytelling in a way.
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In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons.
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I love creating characters and becoming someone else entirely. Brina Palencia
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I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters. Deborah Eisenberg
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What I really like to do is write 'genre' stories without a cartoonish element. I did the same with 'Da Vinci's Demons,' and I'll do the same with 'Man of Steel.' David S. Goyer
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History is a story written by the finger of God. C. S. Lewis
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They say a story loses something with each telling. Cecelia Ahern
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Every single ordinary person has an extraordinary story.
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I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family. Bill Bryson
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My stories deal with multicultural situations as well as multigenerational settings. Patricia Polacco
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A happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story William Shakespeare
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All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it. Baz Luhrmann
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William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written. Kim Edwards