I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Recitation: by Male by Female
An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen.
Jim C. Hines
MeWorldStoryShortWayWrite
I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.
Matt Dillon
CharacterWorryLongBelievable
You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music.
Sid Vicious
MusicYouGoUpGotJust
I often feel like an outsider wherever I go, so I'm always attracted to stories about identity and the meaning of home.
Chloe Zhao
HomeIdentityFeelMeaningGoLike
When I was a kid, I used to be afraid of the dark. I would stand at my door, turn the light off and dive into bed. One night, as I did that, there was this gigantic spider next to my pillow. I hit the bed and bounced straight back up When I turned the light back on, it was already gone. I could not sleep in my room for days.
Brian Krause
LightSleepDoorNightStandDark
I don't play for job security.
Colin Kaepernick
JobSecurityPlayJob Security
When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.
Brian O'Driscoll
FamilyViewFriendsYouTalkTell
What I've learned how to do as I've gotten older is to take all of the information that I have, and push it aside, and try to distill each song into an emotional theme. The hardest thing that I've ever had to learn how to do in playing music is use the sound of my instrument to create an emotional effect.
Wynton Marsalis
MusicSongLearnPushInformation
I have a fascination with the nasty things people do to each other and the way relationships go wrong, and how there can be this very dark underbelly to seemingly normal, mundane domestic life. They're the stories in the newspapers I always find interesting. That's not a very nice thing to admit to, is it?
Paula Hawkins
LifePeopleInterestingFindDark
I was a kid that grew up in the South and was always outdoors fishing and hunting and, you know, swimming in the pool during the summer.
Tye Sheridan
FishingSwimmingOutdoorsYouPool
I love Notting Hill and Westbourne Grove - there is so much life and vitality around Portobello and Ladbroke Grove. It has come up a lot since I started Virgin more than 40 years ago, but there is so much character.
Richard Branson
LifeLoveCharacterHillMoreUp
As I've traveled the country, we visit tech incubators all the time where women are going into their second or third act in their career and learning how to be software programmers, or how to work at startup companies, and learning a completely different skill set. I think it's never too late.
Reshma Saujani
WorkLearningWomenTimeThinkLate
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