William Sleator Quotes

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

William Sleator

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 13, 1945 - August 3, 2011

Topics

PeopleKnowMy OwnOwnThingsRead

I think of myself as a producer. As a producer and as a showrunner, I already understand what it meant to gather people into a room and step back, to create the boundaries of 'everything's okay' to allow TV writers to go to their craziest places.

Jill Soloway

MyselfStepPeopleThinkCreateGo

So many people subconsciously shy away from getting rich because they believe they'll be judged, they'll lose the people they love, they believe that desiring money is a bad thing, money is the root of all evil, etc.

Jen Sincero

LoveMoneyPeopleEvilBelieveRich

Some say economics has all kinds of good tools and techniques, but it has an absence of interesting problems. I look around the world, and I see all kinds of interesting, important problems we ought to solve with the tools we have.

Alvin E. Roth

GoodEconomicsWorldProblemsTools

I'm going to end up with a lot more money than I feel like I'm entitled to, given how hard I work.

Stewart Butterfield

WorkMoneyEndFeelMoreHard

Oh, gosh, okay... well, my biggest injury was probably a bone chip in my ankle that required surgery.

Trish Stratus

OkayBoneInjuryWellSurgeryAnkle

The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there's a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that's what keeps me going.

Tommy Lee Jones

LifeHopeQualityCreativeMeGreed

I'd be happy if I was part of a Liverpool side that kept winning titles, cups, and made history.

Roberto Firmino

HistoryHappyBe HappyWinningSide

When I was young, my parents had a library in our living room. I was always free to browse and read.

Judy Blume

ParentsFreeLibraryYoungLiving

Intimacy is healing.

Dean Ornish

HealingIntimacy

Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this.

Deborah Moggach

TogetherLivingSightLuckyShut Up

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

Colin Kaepernick

FootballWinCareTake CareYou

That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't have a group apprenticeship like a violinist might training for an orchestra.

Anne Rice

TrainingProcessLonelyYouGroup

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