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Ken Liu Quotes

I'm often asked how I get ideas for my stories. The answer is there's no single way; every story is different.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1976

Topics

Ideas Story Way Single Answer Get

When I went to Vietnam in 1971 with Bob Hope, we went to Da Nang, which was a Marine base. I just have to say it was one of the biggest thrills I have ever had.

Hope Say Vietnam Just Bob Ever

Well-reported news is a public good; bad news is bad for everyone.

Good Bad News Everyone Bad News

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.

Creative Musicians Political Play

You can't be in a certain business and not sell to Amazon or not sell to Wal-Mart. You have to reckon with them, because even though there are other buyers, they're the only buyers that matter.

Business You Matter Wal-Mart Sell

If you're working 12-hour days, then you come home to do three hours' homework, it's quite a lot on your plate.

Anna Popplewell

Home Homework You Three Days Come

Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

Business Oil Nasty Sands Polluting

I'm not an instinctive actor.

Actor Instinctive

I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself.

Sturgill Simpson

Myself Tired Never Sound Being Get

I don't really say, 'Is this script Catholic or not?'. But if I find it to be immoral, or it doesn't sit right with me, which happens a lot these days because there's a lot of garbage being written... I'm like, 'I'm not doing this.'

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Me Doing Find Say Garbage Right

If the numbers keep mounting, newspapers will eventually have to admit that pool exists and give it some coverage.

Pool Admit Numbers Will Keep Give

If I'm reading a script, and I'm not buying it, I need to be able to relate to the character on some level, and they need to have more than one dimension. I need to have an idea of what this guy's thinking about when he's taking a shower not on camera. And if I can't picture him taking a shower and getting dressed, then he's not a real person.

Character Reading Thinking Picture

Everything's always about page-turning, right? What's next? So, if you create questions for audiences, then they'll want to know the answer. Or they begin to formulate possible outcomes. That's the game we play when we're hearing a story unfold. That's part of what sucks us into a movie.

Game Story Questions You Play Know

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