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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 two my-family
I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours. Brandon Sanderson
writing journalism sometimes
The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big. Anthony Shadid
writing way controversy
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich
writing emotional levels
When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level. Ben Marcus
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. Barbara Kingsolver
writing funny-things discipline
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else. Barbara Kingsolver
dark operate opinion plants proved public safely turned
Public opinion has turned around. It was dark in the '80s but is now very bright. We have proved that we can operate the plants safely and efficiently. Michael Gallagher
dark girl newspaper promotion putting
Putting out a newspaper without promotion is like winking at a girl in the dark -- well-intentioned, but ineffective. William Hearst
dark knew
It was about dark when we got here. We couldn't see much, but we knew it was severely damaged. Brian Moore
dark device finding furniture
The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room. Author unknown
dark finally life people record worrying
I used to live too much of my life worrying about what other people thought, ... My dark and introspective life was solitary. It was valid, (but now) I finally feel like I have a family. I'm integrated. My friends are really important to me, and they have a lot to do with why this record is so (expletive) cool. Bob Mould
dark either electric environment era forward people shooting stepping today using whales
The world today will either be stepping forward into an era where conservation and the environment really matter, or it will be stepping back into the Dark Ages, where the people of the world think that slaughter of whales using grenades, electric lances and shooting them with rifles is something that we should accept, Ian Campbell
dark paper side tales
The whole paper is like a book, Tales From the Dark Side or something. Allen Iverson
darkness difficult eyes lead light people standing tough
This is a tough job, and it's very difficult to take people out of a darkness and lead them into light. Once they have been standing in light long enough, their eyes will adjust. Jay Garner
dark days taking
This is taking us back to the dark days of the '60s, '70s and '80s. Raila Odinga
kissing careers sick
In my entire career? I am so sick of being asked, What's it like to kiss Mel Gibson? Catherine McCormack
kissing saws feels
He could do only one thing at a time. If he held her, he couldn't kiss her. If he kissed her, he couldn't see her. If he saw her, he couldn't feel her. Arundhati Roy
kissing rocks age
I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages. Charles Spurgeon
kissing eggs shells
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face. Aristophanes
kissing too-much found
But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all. Brian Lumley
kissing garden feet
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in the Rose Garden kissing the First Lady's foot. Edward Abbey
kissing doors bye
I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out. Orson Scott Card
kissing people secret
The older I get the more secrets I have, never to be revealed and this, I know, is a common condition of people my age. and why all this emphasis on kissing and telling? Kisses are the least of it. Doris Lessing
kissing trying please
You can't please everyone and trying to do so is the kiss of death. Criss Angel