Robin Thede Quotes

Too many writers get stuck in the trap of writing what they think is funny and not considering who they are writing it for.

Robin Thede

Recitation: by Male by Female

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FunnyWritingThinkGetStuckTrap

The world is a pile of grunge.

Jo Stafford

WorldGrungePile

I have very little choice. If I don't write, I feel dreadful. So I write.

Jhumpa Lahiri

FeelChoiceWriteLittleI Feel

When the Temple was destroyed, the Jewish people faced a crisis unlike any other in its history. For centuries, the sacrificial system had served as the primary medium of atonement before the Almighty.

Meir Soloveichik

HistoryPeopleCrisisTempleJewish

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

Michael Caine

AmericaActorEnglandCockney

I was extremely shy. I am still shy, but I won't show it on stage.

Romeo Santos

I AmShyStageShowStillAm

When I think of the love I feel for each member of our family, I sense, to a slight degree, the love that our Heavenly Father bears for His children.

Russell M. Nelson

FamilyLoveFatherChildrenThink

My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words.

Mary H.K. Choi

WordsSweetWriterSpotEssayist

Is there any other job that beats being an astronaut? Who didn't want to be an astronaut? That is my question.

Luca Parmitano

JobWantQuestionBeingWhoOther

An education is a more surefire guarantee that you have possibilities opened to you.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

EducationPossibilitiesYouMore

Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work I find myself constantly returning to: Edward P. Jones, Marilynne Robinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, V. S. Naipaul, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth.

Dinaw Mengestu

WorkMyselfNameFindReturning

Normally, it takes me about three years to write one of the big books. It is usually four years between releases because of the huge amount of travel and PR and just nuisance going on around them. I have a lot of pressure from publishers and agents.

Diana Gabaldon

TravelMePressureThreeWriteBig

Actors are divas, and we all make too much noise and complain too much, so if you don't do that, it makes you rather exceptional, apparently.

Doug Jones

YouToo MuchComplainNoiseRather

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