Amy Bloom Quotes

Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is already a narrative arc. What makes it harder is that you are not free to use your imagination and creativity to fill in any missing gaps within the story.

Amy Bloom

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CreativityImaginationFreeStory

Every time I write something down I check it to see if it has that telltale glow, the glow that tells me there's something there. If it glows, it stays. Everything is either on or off.

Jim Woodring

TimeMeGlowDownWriteSee

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

Jenna Bush

HomeMeLearnAmericaGoWashington

I'm a bit of a clothes hoarder, admittedly. I try to weed out stuff. My girlfriends come over for cheese and wine and go shopping in my wardrobe. They especially love it when they get stuff with a tag still on.

Jennifer Aniston

LoveShoppingWineClothesCheese

A short story is one idea; a novel is a whole soup of them.

Robert J. Sawyer

SoupStoryShortWholeIdeaNovel

It's all about giving it your best in whatever you've got.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

BestGivingYouWhateverGotYour

After you've watched your dad beat the crap out of Charlie King or some other bad guy in about forty movies, you pretty much always said, 'Yes, sir,' and meant it.

John Ritter

KingYouBadSaidMoviesForty

I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it just made sense for me to set 'Burlesque' on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. It's a place I know intimately well and love, and I think there's a great story to be told with L.A.

Steve Antin

LoveSunsetGreatDayNew YorkCity

We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.

Smokey Robinson

TemptationGoingVictimsOurPoints

I never thought, growing up, I'd be a TV host.

Rob Gronkowski

Growing UpThoughtGrowingNeverUp

I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic.

Michael Keaton

StatuePracticingGotEvenFront

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap.

Michael Kors

WomenFashionGenerationInvestment

Pink cocktails look quite friendly. They have an umbrella in them, some sort of fruit... they look innocent, and boy, do they pack a punch.

Jared Harris

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