Lisa Morton Quotes

While I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works.

Lisa Morton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1958

Topics

MyselfWritingPressureFeelWorry

His name, Buzz, fits. He can buzz along at 40 miles an hour when his genetic memory moves him.

Joe Henderson

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In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

Meg Wolitzer

TimeTalentPeopleWriteSome People

For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because I didn't want to do something wrong. I wanted to have a beautiful project for another American movie.

Melanie Laurent

BeautifulMePressureAmericanWrong

I don't really have loads of friends - three or four who are close. The thing that I love the most is playing with my band, and with everything else I feel kind of uncomfortable. I don't think I'm socially awkward. I just prefer being behind a piano.

Tom Odell

LoveThinkFriendsUncomfortable

What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.

Roscoe Mitchell

MusicPracticeLearnYouCreateWay

I never play as well without these guys; the best I have ever been creatively has been with Pearl Jam.

Mike McCready

BestPlayNeverWithoutWellBeen

The fantastic thing about the memorial to the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel is that it's one of the rare examples where they've preserved a battlefield more or less as it was. You can see all the trenches, where the British were, where the Germans lined up.

Michael Winter

YouMoreSeeUpRareBritish

I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North.

Mitchell Reiss

YouAnythingSureNorthQuickly

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

Don Drysdale

TeamDownTeammatesMy OwnTwoOwn

'Atlanta' is really trying to put that out there: these are just the lives of these people in this city, and this city is its own breathing, living thing, too. So how do you navigate through life, especially with dreams and aspirations in a world that tells you that you don't deserve to have them.

Brian Tyree Henry

LifeDreamsPeopleCityWorldYou

When you go out, go out with a bang, anything you do.

Playboi Carti

YouGoOutAnythingBang

It's time for artists to take their music back.

Shelby Lynne

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