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Jess Walter Quotes

For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always be fiction, and especially novels, but I'm a writer... I write poetry and essays and criticism and I'd love to write a whole play, and sometimes I even write scripts.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: July 20, 1965

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Love Time Poetry Me Criticism Play

When a young writer comes up to me with an ambitious idea for a 20-book series, I usually tell him to maybe try something smaller to start off with.

Me Start Young Try Him Tell

There's a point I set for myself, and it's an arbitrary point, when I think no matter happens, I'm going to finish that book. And that's when I get to page 100. I have to see it out.

Myself Book Think Page Matter See

My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today.

Today Style Copy Just Tried Until

Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household pets and our household pests. We love them and cage them, admire them and abuse them. And, of course, we cook and eat them.

Family Love Relationship Admire Eat

There's a big gaping hole in the EDM space for songwriting. It's one thing to learn how to be a great sound designer and become big just on sound design. Especially if you're in the dubstep category, it's like, how much fatter and more interesting can you make those drops.

Great Space Design Learn Interesting

I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button.

People Me Learn Push Stop Go

My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But the walk from the back of the room to the stage was the most excited I'd ever been about anything in my life other than kissing a girl. That's how I knew I had to get back onstage and do it again.

Life Girl Experience Walk Thought

If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.

Great Design Strategy Course Needs

For millions on the outside looking in, this is where they want to live - America.

Live Looking America Want Outside

In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting.

Interesting Year Long You Sometimes

A lot of fashion might seem boring, but it is actually quite fun: the inside, the outside, the silhouette... All the different finishes. That's a skill.

Fun Fashion Skill Boring Silhouette

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Desire Said True Product Will Fact

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