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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.
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.
writing funny-things discipline
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
enemy struggling win worst
A win is a win. We are struggling right now; our worst enemy is ourselves. Dawn Davis
enemy version warfare work
Anti-submarine warfare is the military version of chess. You must work out what the enemy is going to do before they even think of it.
enemy planning plans
To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it. Carl von Clausewitz
enemy church
For me, the Church is the enemy. Al Goldstein
enemy machines daily-life
We have reason not to be afraid of the machine, for there is always constructive change, the enemy of machines, making them change to fit new conditions. Charles Kettering
enemy
Keep friends close but keep enemies closer. Jane Addams
enemy might should
An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted. Anthony Trollope
enemy oblivion
We must identify our enemies and drive them into oblivion. Bruce Babbitt
enemy allies moments
Always work with the present moment, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life. Eckhart Tolle
vices able ifs
If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'. Abraham Lincoln
vices dignity virtue
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost? Alexander Pope
vices drink popsicles
I don't drink anymore... I freeze it and eat it like a popsicle. Dean Martin
vices fine-words confucianism
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. Confucius
vices virtue good-enough
I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices. Andre Gide
vices supreme shallowness
The supreme vice is shallowness. Oscar Wilde
vices would-be boring
Life would be pretty boring if we didn't have vices. Erin Heatherton
vices delight sin
Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins. Francis of Assisi
vices great-things knows
It is a great thing to know your vices. Marcus Tullius Cicero