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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.
rocks labels band
Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. Brandon Thomas
rocks indie-rock chinese
The second 'Postal Service' album is threatening to become the 'Chinese Democracy' of indie rock. It will come out eventually, or maybe it won't. Ben Gibbard
rocks comedian enthusiasm
When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and excitement. Carrot Top
rocks would-be pale
I would pale in comparison to rock and rollers with my haircut. I would be a lightweight. Bart Chilton
rocks band rock-n-roll
When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it. Craig Finn
rocks rock-and-roll people
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people. Bobby Vinton
rocks rock-and-roll desire
If you're in the heyday of rock and roll and movies, and that's where I grew up. We didn't have to look for it. We didn't have to create angst. We didn't have to create desire. We didn't have to say, see we were screwed, my generation, because we wanted to be The Beatles or Elvis Presley. That ain't going to happen. So we always had this thing to reach for. Billy Bob Thornton
rocks progress president
It was old President Diaz who said that nothing ever happens in Mexico until it happens. Things rock along from day to day, and then all at once you are caught up in a rush of unforeseen events. Charles Portis
rocks band shirts
I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement. Bridget Hall
pieces puzzle
We feel we have all the pieces of the puzzle here. W. S. Gilbert
pieces saw
We saw them getting little pieces of mussels that got broken. Joe Jones
pieces puzzles questioned ran
We've questioned everyone we could, ran down every lead, and we still have no answers. What can we do? There are pieces of these puzzles missing, and we just don't have them yet.
pieces too-much elements
Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much. Alejandro Amenabar
pieces oneself
To have a sense of history one must consider oneself a piece of history.... Alfred Kazin
pieces stubborn world
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. Alexander Herzen
pieces networking hardware
What makes a great standalone piece of hardware is not the same thing as what makes a great networking device. One can work as an essentially closed system. The other is absolutely dependent on its openness. Douglas Rushkoff
pieces made feels
The one Bach piece I learnt made me feel I was being repeatedly hit on the head with a teaspoon. Dodie Smith
pieces size overwhelmed
If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces. Chuck Close