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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 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. Barbara Kingsolver
writing perfect
There is no perfect time to write. There is only now. Barbara Kingsolver
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 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
writing down-and ritual
My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day. Augusten Burroughs
writing names errors
I trust that a graduate student some day will write a doctoral essay on the influence of the Munich analogy on the subsequent history of the twentieth century. Perhaps in the end he will conclude that the multitude of errors committed in the name of Munich may exceed the original error of 1938. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
writing language clarity
Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
ideas rights affair
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms Boris Yeltsin
ideas world chaos
Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos. Auguste Comte
ideas stories bigs
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas. Brian Selznick
ideas superhero world
For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world. Brad Meltzer
ideas instinct projects
In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand. Carine Roitfeld
ideas giving people
I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look. Cameron Russell
ideas narnia
That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia. C. S. Lewis
ideas long people
I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them. Al Gore
ideas errors trials
Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought. Charles K. Kao
perfect age perfect-happiness
To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well Jane Austen
perfect goal rough-drafts
Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect. Jane Smiley
perfect no-friends killers
The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets. Brent Weeks
perfect church sin
The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it. Charles Spurgeon
perfect virtue habit
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit. Aristotle
perfect melancholy fine
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit. Ben Jonson
perfect financial economic
She [Carolyn Maloney] knows the financial issues, that's why we thought she was perfect because we're in a - we're in, as you know, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, and I know that she'll see the whole picture. Eleanor Smeal
perfect today wish
You have to play perfect and wish that he is not going to be at his best. I think today these two things happened. Carlos Moya
perfect sorts storm timing
This was another perfect storm of sorts in that the timing was such that he wasn't available. Stu Jackson