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Kevin Wilson Quotes

Short stories, for me, it's like you step inside this brand new car and you drive it and you drive it into a tree and you walk away from it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

Topics

Car Tree Walk Step Me New Car

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

Life Me Think My Life Relationships

I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my public school education, I didn't learn about women in history. I want to introduce the world to some great stories and incredible heroes.

Jessica Chastain

Education Women History Great School

Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.

Crime Matter Fiction Sentimental How

The focus of entertainment is taking away from what the public needs as news. I think investigative journalism will always be important and always find its way, be it on the Internet or wherever.

Focus Think Internet Journalism Find

In my writing, I try to combine all my favorite elements of journalism - accuracy, real characters that exist on this planet - with all my favorite elements of literature: a sense of flow, of propulsion, of wanting to read every sentence.

Writing Literature Journalism Flow

I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.

Steve Valentine

Love Proud Lost Years Scottish Very

The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you have to remember that.

Life Day Growing Up Remember You Up

When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I didn't want those autographed books showing up on eBay.

Me Showing Up Want Out Up Fiction

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and there was nothing really modern that went on under their roof. We watched television, but they were very picky about what we could watch - old Westerns and stuff that wasn't vulgar or violent at all.

Television Grandfather Nothing Roof

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals are in this scene and in this piece of material. Whereas, as the director, everything is your responsibility. I enjoy carrying the load like that and being the responsible party.

Jason Priestley

Goals Character Responsibility Focus

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

Alive Know Living Always Point

Had I been pushed like Colonel Parker pushed Elvis, had I been a white boy like Elvis, sure, it would have been different.

White Boy Different Sure Been Would

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