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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
would-be attention known
I knew very early on that there would be quite a bit of attention: Superman is known all over the place. Brandon Routh
would-be sensible things-to-do
I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do. Jane Gardam
would-be imagine slave
There is only one condition in which we can imagine managers not needing subordinates, and masters not needing slaves. This condition would be that each (inanimate) instrument could do its own work. Aristotle
would-be ifs one-word
If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time. Andy Goldsworthy
would-be firsts episodes
First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. Anthony Michael Hall
would-be states plans
My general plan would be to make the States one as to everything connected with foreign nations and several as to everything purely domestic. Thomas Jefferson
would-be fundamentals honey
Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be ... that we are to be saved by our good works which are within our power, and not by our faith which is not within our power.
would-be use firsts
Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?
would-be matter facts
In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of matters of fact, and to insist on its production would be unreasonable and absurd. Simon Greenleaf
genius answers problem
You are a potential genius; there is no problem you cannot solve, and no answer you cannot find somewhere. Brian Tracy
genius divine young
Genius, when young, is divine. Benjamin Disraeli
genius littles too-much
A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing neither too much nor too little. Carl von Clausewitz
genius enthusiasm
Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm. Charles Churchill
genius biographies
Geniuses have the shortest biographies. Claire Messud
genius hurts lost
We lost a genius and we lost my brother, ... You've lost a cornerstone of good, and that hurts real bad. James Browning
genius
Genius simply cannot be reduced to a set of rules for anyone to follow. Albert Einstein
genius accepting
genius accepts genius unconditionally Dan Brown
genius technique results
The Alexander Technique transformed my life. it is the result of an acknowledged genius. I would recommend it to anyone. Tony Buzan