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american-novelist fiction truth
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten
american-novelist blocked happened ice period purple storm wrote
What happened was that after I wrote The Ice Storm I had a period where I was blocked for a little bit, before I wrote Purple America. Rick Moody
american-novelist dramatic offer stories
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. Richard Russo
american-novelist buy instant last lose return wrong
On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years. Judith Krantz
american-novelist fact fiction interest party people press
Giving the same value to fiction as to fact in the interest of so-called fairness is to mislead the American people and the press has become party to that. Joe Wilson
american-novelist children fathers hearts turn
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Greg Vaughn
american-novelist few jobs knew possible time
Because of my father's dislocated life, I knew intuitively that I wanted to have as few jobs as possible by the time I was married. John Hawkes
american-novelist bits felt nest strangely straw worked
But if all these things were the bits of tinsel and straw I made my nest out of, the way I felt while I worked was strangely different. Edmund White
american-novelist life moment truly
I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.
finding guard half job point rushing scoring second settled starting
Alisa is starting to feel more comfortable in the point guard role. She's doing a much better job of finding her scoring opportunities and finding teammates. The big thing was we settled down in the second half after rushing things too much in the first half.
finding-yourself turns ifs
When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less. C. S. Lewis
finding-love secret want
The secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably... in the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn't. And yet you want to know again. Arundhati Roy
finding-happiness impossible difficult
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. Arthur Schopenhauer
finding-yourself awareness infinite
As you take steps to expand your awareness, you will naturally find yourself harnessing your mind's infinite power to create greater health, happiness, and love in your life. Deepak Chopra
finding
Drew, I know where he is going to be. I am finding my way with the other guys, Steve McNair
finding interested obsessed people pictures stuff
I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don't do that. I don't go looking for stuff that I'm interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie's about. It's so much more fun to be surprised. Oscar Isaac
finding people
My talent isn't so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions. Maria Semple
finding gold pot
To me, it's better than finding a pot of gold.
putting simple tape
It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.
somehow
Somehow we have to find a way to get him involved. Clint Hurdle
somehow step support
For the most part, they have really been our bank. They have been the ones to step up and support us when we somehow get to downfalls. Herman Frazier