I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.
Jim Harrison
Recitation: by Male by Female
When you have a deadline, or when you know that your equipment is about to go up in a rocket and you won't have another chance to fix it, your mind works in a way that it otherwise never would.
John C. Mather
MindChanceYouGoKnowWay
You don't expect to be touched by comedy. But when it happens, it's beautiful.
Jermaine Fowler
BeautifulComedyYouExpectHappens
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a life, and how I could cross what is kind of trivialized as a domestic novel with a novel of ideas, a philosophical novel.
Jenny Offill
LifeIdeasKindThingsInterested
I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?
Andrew Cuomo
ChangeAngryPeopleBetterPlanYou
To the victors belong the spoils.
Andrew Jackson
BelongSpoilsVictors
I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing.
Mia Wasikowska
LiveCharacterTimeMeAlwaysFilm
I grew up as a Democrat in a very strong Democratic family, but I will tell you that the Democratic Party that exists in this country is not the Democratic Party I grew up around.
Michael T. Flynn
FamilyStrongYouPartyCountryUp
So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility.
Miles Teller
WorkBeginningManPeopleMeThink
If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is.
Don Johnson
YouMatterMaterialThenReally
Lots of things that go on in mainstream superhero comics are just stupid. They just show up on the page, and no one makes any mention of it.
Christopher Priest
StupidGoPageUpSuperheroThings
Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.
Cliff Richard
BibleSomeoneNothingReadKnew
I don't really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I'll think of like, you know, Burt Lancaster would be good in this part, and so on. With 'L.A. Confidential,' it was like, 'Wouldn't it be cool if Dean Martin played the Kevin Spacey part?'
Brian Helgeland
GoodMindCoolThinkYouLiving
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