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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 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 habit latter
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter. Barbara Mertz
writing names wave
We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away. Augustus
writing thinking secret
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work. Augusten Burroughs
giving lauren thank
Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve, John Rice
giving-up too-much martini
I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much. Brett Somers
giving people challenges
A lot of the time, people want to hear from someone like myself. They want to give it a shot. It's challenging, and it's driven me more than discouraged me. Archie Panjabi
giving-up dont-give-up beats
It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up. Babe Ruth
giving-up real struggle
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing. Baruch Spinoza
giving pleasure
It can never be wrong to give pleasure. Augustine Birrell
giving be-who-you-are want
What does dance give you? The freedom to be who you are and do what you want to do. Arthur Mitchell
giving advice curious
I've always tried to maintain that I don't have any advice to give. I'm a curious observer. Aziz Ansari
giving lectures stranger
[W]hatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger. Ayelet Waldman
judging use way
The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had? Arthur Ashe
judging criticism
Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge. Carl von Clausewitz
judging being-the-best
You must be the best judge of your own happiness. Jane Austen
judging deeds judge-me
Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many. Arthur C. Clarke
judging sake authority
Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant. Blaise Pascal
judging cameras lenses
I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you. Debra Winger
judging decision ego
If you want to reach a state of Bliss - make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge. Deepak Chopra
judging used alcoholics
I used to be a partier, now I'm an alcoholic. It's all in who's judging you. Doug Stanhope
judging judgement action
It is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.... Dorothy Day