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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
artist sake photographer
Photographers aren't artists, for goodness sake. Diana Vreeland
artist sitting sage
The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich. Charles Bukowski
artist blue color
If artists do see fields blue they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If they only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals and should go to prison. Adolf Hitler
artist want fans
I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can't remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I've become an artist. I've become the artist. Adele
artist keys looks
Exploiting yourself sexually is not a good look. I don't find it encouraging...I just stand there and sing. I'm not worried that I'm a 'plus size' and so much bigger than other artists. No matter what you look like the key is to be happy with yourself.
artist want littles
As an artist, program directors always want to put you in a little box. Angie Stone
artist important stories
It is important that artists are not outside the equation, we don't stand on the sidelines. Artists are part of the story of a response, we cannot stand aside and let others make the response. Anish Kapoor
artist agendas
I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work
artist world problem
I feel the symbolic world is the nub of a problem for an artist
hands oysters cities
Venice is a cheek-by-jowl, back-of-the-hand, under-the-counter, higgledy-piggledy, anecdotal city, and she is rich in piquant wrinkled things, like an assortment of bric-a-brac in the house of a wayward connoisseur, or parasites on an oyster-shell. Jan Morris
hands long people
A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere. Bobby Seale
hands looks remakes
Say make me, remake me. You are free to do it and I am free to let you because look, look. Look where your hands are. Now. Toni Morrison
hands nuts ideas
They know you can't get people to stop smoking, so they develop a system of informants. That's the whole idea of second-hand smoke, you know. Make second-hand smoke dangerous and turn everybody against smokers. Then they say you can't even smoke in a bar -- a bar! -- because bartenders have a right to a smoke-free "workspace." Ah, bartenders, those health nuts ... Fran Lebowitz
hands needs bushism
I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be -- hold hands. George W. Bush
hands leader political
China could easily emerge as the great winner if the Chinese leaders handle the situation well. On the other hand, they could also turn out to be the biggest losers if they handle it poorly. If the management turns out be wrong, this could lead to a political crisis in China. George Soros
hands arms faces
He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule. George R. R. Martin
hands people kind
I kind of like it when a lot of people die, and on the other hand I always wonder how many unused frequent-flier miles they had. George Carlin
hands tyrants iron
No people to whom liberty is given can hold it as firmly and wear it as grandly as those who wrench their liberty from the iron hand of the tyrant. Frederick Douglass