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block writing thinking
I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd writing, outright flailing around. Writing that doesn’t have a good voice or any voice. But then there will be good moments. It seems writer’s block is often a dislike of writing badly and waiting for writing better to happen. Jennifer Egan
block thinking preparation
I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer who is also going to direct, you're doing all your preparation: You're already visualizing everything, you're imagining how the lines are going to be read, you see the blocking in your head, and you know the rhythm and the pacing. Harold Ramis
block soon-enough ideas
Writer's block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you should feel the need to say something. Why? If you have something to say, then say it. If not, enjoy the silence while it lasts. The noise will return soon enough. Hugh Jackman
block colorado early guys hard lead leadership night somebody takes
I would take a 3-0 lead every night. We didn't quit. Some guys think it's easy. It's hard to win. It's uncomfortable to win. I thought we were into it early and let Colorado off the hook. That's where your leadership takes over and you don't let it happen. In the end somebody has to go to the net. Somebody has to block a shot. Rick Tocchet
block bright darn felt hit knew pick rest run watched
He's a very smart, very bright kid, so we knew he could quarterback the defense, ... We felt he could run pretty darn well, and if he would hit somebody, which we thought he would because we watched him block as a fullback, that he could pick it up pretty fast. And the rest is history. John Barnes
block half world
Why is it always the world? Why is it never just half a block? Or Jersey? You know, something we could live without? Rob Thurman
block writing years
In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block. Richard Powers
block trying parenthood
Trying to block women from getting access to contraception or defunding Planned Parenthood is completely nonsensical from a policy standpoint. Richard Carmona
block feelings stuff
When you're busy blocking out difficult emotions and feelings, you're not going to feel the good stuff, either. Valerie Bertinelli
reading script
I've been reading script after script after script, Jesse McCartney
reading practice scripts
I practice reading all the time. I read everything and having so many scripts to read, which really helps out as well. Bella Thorne
reading writing hard-times
If you spend enough time reading or writing, you find a voice, but you also find certain tastes. You find certain writers who when they write, it makes your own brain voice like a tuning fork, and you just resonate with them. And when that happens, reading those writers ... becomes a source of unbelievable joy. It’s like eating candy for the soul. And I sometimes have a hard time understanding how people who don’t have that in their lives make it through the day. David Foster Wallace
reading knowledge-and-power advice
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. David Bailey
reading thinking needs
I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading. David Starkey
reading people feelings
If you really want people to pay attention to how you feel, you need to express your feelings in language that's worth reading.
reading mean america
Nobody reads anymore in America. Reading has become the least effective delivery system for narrative. That's sad because prose is the means by which you can deliver very complicated, nuanced explanations of problems and possible solutions. David Simon
reading night people
People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages a night before your eyelids close. David Petraeus
reading math discipline
Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history. David Chang
people saw stop
People do stop me and talk to me about something they saw that they loved. It is very satisfying, but I have my own opinions. Raquel Welch
people tv
People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to. James Nesbitt
people start starting work
People don't want to work that hard. You can't just take over. You have to start your own business. It's not like starting a 7-Eleven. Phyllis Pedrizzetti
people
People don't want to tell you they have them.
people shopping unsafe
People don't want to come in. They feel they're unsafe in the shopping area.
people
People don't want to be managed, they want to be led.
people
People don't want their actors acting like musicians. Josh Homme
people totally
People have always questioned, Was I crazy? And I'm like, 'No, I'm not crazy. I'm just totally committed.' CeeLo Green
people
People have always been recording what's going on around them in one form or another.