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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
pleasure pleasant pleasant-things
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. Baltasar Gracian
pleasure paine
And painefull pleasure turnes to pleasing paine. Edmund Spenser
pleasure insensible depraved
He who takes his fill of every pleasure ... becomes depraved; while he who avoids all pleasures alike ... becomes insensible. Aristotle
pleasure rather sand
There's sand in the porridge and sand in the bed, / And if this is pleasure we'd rather be dead. Noel Coward
pleasure persons
I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person. Donna Leon
pleasure universe
...and the Universe, ... will explode later for your pleasure. Douglas Adams
pleasure insipid paid
Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free. Anita Loos
pleasure
To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure? Confucius
pleasure despise states
All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price. Amin Maalouf
certainly figure people stories war
People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories. Phil Klay
certainly common constitution help holds impart knowledge particular presidents share spent thread
Anything we can do to help impart knowledge of our Constitution is important. If we spent a day recognizing, say, presidents or particular people, this certainly is the one thing we share in common - our Constitution. It's the thread that holds us all together. G. H. Hardy
certain conditions ethnic family hold information keys learn looking medical older open racial relatives shame share source sure
The older relatives in your family hold the keys to the information you're looking for, so it's important to be sure you learn as much as you can from them before they're gone. But remember, medical conditions were often a source of shame to older relatives in certain ethnic and racial groups, so it may take some cajoling to get them to open up and share what they see as family secrets. Rovenia Brock
certain life older parts realize
The older I get, the more I realize how important it is to have certain things that are really my own, parts of my life that I keep to myself. Christian Slater
certain grows people point wife
After a certain point it grows to implied as well as articulated threats, and people succumb. My wife did, and she was institutionalized. Lee J. Cobb
certain earlier version vindicated
After 'Old Lady' I showed this earlier version (of 'Joseph') to my publisher. I said, 'What if I redo this?' I made all new illustrations for it ... and I just lucked out. I feel a little vindicated in a certain sense.
certain criticism employees external focused hope innocent position pressure resigned within
After I have resigned from my position as chairman, I hope that all external criticism or pressure being exerted by certain authorities can be focused on me as an individual, and not on the company, shareholders, or innocent employees within the company.
certain committed definitely people responsibility sure
Some things are definitely our responsibility as individuals, and certain things are the responsibility of people committed to making sure everything is OK, Stevie Wonder
certain expecting forgot line social strongly time uncertain whenever written
Something I've always written about is social expectations: that the eyes of the community are on you all the time, expecting you to line up with certain social norms, certain behaviours. Whenever you forgot about them, they'd be strongly reiterated to you, in no uncertain terms. Lynn Coady