Lisa Graff Quotes

The Longstockings are eight children's and young adult writers. We all came out of the New School MFA program, and we meet regularly to critique each other's work.

Lisa Graff

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Live TV, which is happening as you see it, is very exciting to do. Any mistake is seen by millions, and if there is a technical breakdown, one has to ad lib or improvise like mad.

Jimmy Savile

LiveMistakeYouMadSeeSeen

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

Alton Brown

HistoryTimeTraditionSometimesOut

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeRealityProblemExperienced

I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem.

Toni Collette

LoveProblemWorkingKidsThem

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

Roscoe Mitchell

GoodYouKnowCompositionImproviser

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.

Mira Nair

FindWantQuestionOutsideDefines

It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have.

Lou Barlow

MusicMeCrazyKindOvercomeHow

Well, I've known Elizabeth almost all of her life and almost all of my life. And I love her with all of my heart and she's always been there for me. She's a wonderful, wonderful dame. She's a great lady.

Liza Minnelli

LifeLoveHeartGreatMeMy Life

One of my favorite things about working on 'Liv and Maddie' is the creative environment that has been designed for us by our lovely director, producers, and writers.

Dove Cameron

CreativeEnvironmentDirectorLovely

I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America.

Sydney Schanberg

PowerYou Can Do ItAmericaMedia

I represent the small businesses, the women, and the families working so hard to rebuild our communities.

Sher Valenzuela

WomenSmallHardRebuildWorking

I had to really learn what it meant to be on a set and what the expectations were and what producers are. I had to learn who I'm talking to and what their functions are. I had a couple of gaffes: I would ask a person a question, and it wasn't their job. I had to Google their job description. That was the first big adjustment.

Shalita Grant

JobExpectationsLearnTalkingFirst

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