Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation.
Susan Orlean
Recitation: by Male by Female
If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.
Joe R. Lansdale
WritingStoryYouKnowBurnWant
I've been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me.
Joe Wright
PastMeLuckyOverYearsThings
Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
John Donne
JoySerenityHellHeavenDespair
The Trump tax cuts mean business.
Matt Rosendale
BusinessTaxMeanTrumpTax Cuts
Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses.
John Travolta
AutismKnownLeastIllnesses
What I really want, what I always really want, is baked potato and grilled cheese. But then I'd be really fat.
Stella McCartney
FatCheeseWantAlwaysPotatoThen
Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it's the Olympics. I'm blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
Simone Biles
WorkOpportunityBlessedThinkYear
The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.
Russell Crowe
WorkPeopleMeCriticismTrying
I think once you write fiction, you put it out, and it can be interpreted in a variety of ways, some of which are going to be shocking to the writer.
Mary Gaitskill
ThinkYouWriteOutFictionGoing
My work is distinct and definitive and specific, and hopefully it is so that every single character is different, and they are - but there's probably an underlying element that's me.
Michael Keaton
WorkCharacterMeSingleDifferent
If the ongoing probe ends, I will take appropriate measures on anybody, including myself, who are found to be accountable for.
Jay Y. Lee
MyselfWillTakeAccountableFound
Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news.
Jann Wenner
QualityInternetDesignPhotography
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