Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.
Ken Follett
Recitation: by Male by Female
There were probably, what, 300 science-fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that they were selling something every year, or every couple years.
Jerry Pournelle
YearSellingActiveYearsSomething
One of the hardest things I've encountered whilst working on 'Pippin' is the consistent irony, as a reflection from the core material of the show, within my own life.
Matthew James Thomas
LifeReflectionMy OwnIronyWithin
Nobody should have to be a systems integrator to make a convergence network work in their home.
Steve Case
WorkHomeNobodySystemsShould
I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.
Spike Jonze
TryInvisibleAlwaysAspireFilm
I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that.
Sugar Ray Leonard
SchoolMeEnjoyBoxingRunWill
The rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another.
Sojourner Truth
RichPoorRobAnother
It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.
Russell Baker
LifeLawAmericanWhateverWallet
You shouldn't even be writing this story if you haven't heard me play live. You can't write with the passion you receive until you see a Dick Dale concert.
Dick Dale
LivePassionMeWritingStoryYou
Years and years ago, I did a game based on 'Hitchhiker's Guide' with a company called Infocom, which was a great company. They were doing witty, intelligent, literate games based on text.
Douglas Adams
GreatGameDoingGamesIntelligent
The goal is doing stand-up on TV somewhere, which is what I'm working on. Something on latenight or Comedy Central, but - I dunno, something. It could happen, it could not happen.
Chris Cubas
ComedyDoingGoalHappenSomething
Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don't allow our children to use that language in schools, we also shouldn't give them stories in which it is used.
Chris Crutcher
ChildrenLanguageToleranceArgument
There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
Christopher Lee
SadAlwaysWickedSomethingCome
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