I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.
Stephen Malkmus
Recitation: by Male by Female
I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no particular desire ever to go to Jamaica, but I thought, what the hell? Sounds nice. Let's go!
Jeremy Northam
GreatThoughtHellHotelDownNice
A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.
Max Eastman
MindStartProcessYouGoalPlay
Everyone has their own opinions, and they're entitled to them.
Johnny Christ
OpinionsEveryoneOwnEntitledThem
The American television punditocracy - the pollsters, political consultants and other talking heads who become as ubiquitous as air every election cycle - can be incestuous and herdlike.
Anand Giridharadas
AmericanPoliticalTalkingTelevision
Saviours get crucified.
Sturgill Simpson
GetCrucified
We domesticated pigs to turn food waste back into food. And yet, in Europe, that practice has become illegal since 2001 as a result of the foot-and-mouth outbreak. It's unscientific. It's unnecessary. If you cook food for pigs, just as if you cook food for humans, it is rendered safe. It's also a massive saving of resources.
Tristram Stuart
FoodPracticeResultYouBackTurn
The darker the character, the more interesting.
Robert Carlyle
CharacterInterestingMoreDarker
I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.
Joni Mitchell
SleepPaintingCareerForgetEat
All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.
Jon Gruden
FootballKnowWithoutGoingWould
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.
Don Rickles
DaySchoolPeopleReputationSay
The original title was 'Waking Up Diagonal'. It's the first line of the song. I just thought it was more interesting than 'I Don't Care', which is such a boring title to me. When I hear that song, it breaks my heart a little bit because it's my story.
Bonnie McKee
HeartMeSongStoryThoughtCare
Certain things can't be approximated, so I'm always interested in getting in another way, one which makes the reader bend in closer to the scene even if that scene, especially if that scene, is painful... Brutal language isn't necessarily the most truthful way of describing a brutal moment.
Anne Michaels
MomentLanguageWayBendAlways
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