Andrew Sean Greer Quotes

I have to get three pages done every day, and there's usually a point about 150 pages in where everything falls apart, where all the plans are for naught. The book has become something else, and I have a nervous breakdown, and then I submit to what the book has become, and I keep going, and that's a terrible and then a great time.

Andrew Sean Greer

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I have lived in Toledo, Ohio, off and on throughout my entire life, and I have plenty of friends who are union members. Sometimes we agree politically and sometimes not, but it has never kept us from being friends.

Joe Wurzelbacher

LifeFriendsSometimesNeverLived

With sports, there's no entitlement on the field. It's about numbers. It's about results. It's about outcomes.

Maynard Webb

SportsResultsNumbersEntitlement

When I go and speak now at all sorts of conferences, later in the night there's always a better Maxie Walker than me. Billy Birmingham's legendary for basically being able to verbally kneecap any of a number of Australia's characters, particularly in the commentary box.

Max Walker

MeNightSpeakBetterGoAustralia

When the state was going to tell you what your future would be, science fiction was irrelevant.

Robert J. Sawyer

FutureScienceYouScience Fiction

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.

John Piper

LifeWorkHumilityAppreciateWay

There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.

Stephen Hopkins

StartChoiceAudienceMadeAttempt

While I tend to keep embellishment minimal as my clients often possess some of the finest jewellery, I enjoy creating ornamentation that appears like installations, to compliment the overall look.

Stephane Rolland

EnjoyLookCreatingComplimentKeep

There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored.

Lorne Michaels

PeopleComedyUncomfortableHighLow

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura

WorkYouBodyLookFindHard

Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.

Julia Cameron

LifeLoveLove IsConnected

Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books.

Jasper Fforde

SpeakLongDownAskListsBooks

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

Don DeLillo

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