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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 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 i-can ifs
If I see an ending, I can work backward. Arthur Miller
writing should more-money
A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)? Brian Aldiss
writing way better-person
the only way to become a better writer is to become a better person. Brenda Ueland
writing thinking osmosis
I want to understand the piers of language and music and comprehension that can hold up a building even when what the building houses is an earthquake. This thinking must surely come into the poems I write, but more by osmosis than will. Jane Hirshfield
writing exercise perspective
The writing of an assay-type poem or a poem investigating perspective isn't an exercise of rational or strategic mind. Poems for me are acts of small or large desperation. They grapple with surfaces too steep to walk in any other way, yet which have to be traveled. Jane Hirshfield
writing brain
At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry on with writing. Jane Goodall
night light
They say in the darkest night there is a light beyond Art Garfunkel
night long-ago wind
So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales! Brian Jacques
night years knowing
When I went through a really intense break-up - you know, I was engaged - the thing that gave me the most anxiety was not knowing what to do with myself when Disney wasn't there to carry me anymore or if I didn't have him. And now I'm FREE of both of those things and I'm fine. I lay in bed at night by myself and I'm totally OK and that's so much stronger than the person three years ago, who would have thought they would have died if they didn't have a boyfriend. Miley Cyrus
night office survival
While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night. Daniel H. Pink
night thinking player
One night around that time, at Hammersmith, Bob Dylan was about to go into [his 1963 classic] 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.He said, 'Hey, Bucky! Play mandolin on this.' I am not really a mandolin player; I could only play in certain keys. Halfway through, he stops the band, turns to the audience and points to me. He says: 'He isn't playing, he's miming.' And then: 'Should I fire him?' The whole audience yells. Bob Dylan
night records littles
I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then. Barry Gibb
night smile
When I don't see a double-team I have a big smile on my face. I know it will be a long night for the other team. Nick Fazekas
night names ravens
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore - Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! Quoth the raven, `Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poe
night worthwhile-things worthwhile
Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us. Earl Nightingale
people train year
People train for this all year like the Olympics. Michael White
people winter
People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do. Sarah Davis
people risen
People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead. Richard M. Nixon
people stuff thinks weeks ya
People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?' Jon Jansen
people talk
People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money, John Abraham
people war
People stumbled into the war by making mistakes. Jay Jacobs
people
People still would have the right to go to court, Tom Daschle
people time watch
People still watch 'Full House' all the time. It's on three times a day! Jodie Sweetin
people stars
People still want it, that's why the old stars are still doing it. Gary Koenig