Holly Black Quotes

I'm not a fast writer, and I find the process of writing a first draft to be painful and frustrating. Usually, I start with a character, a premise, and some image that gives me a particular feeling.

Holly Black

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 10, 1971

Topics

CharacterMeWritingStartProcess

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Jimi Hendrix

WisdomKnowledgeListensSpeaks

I feel more comfortable performing when I'm wearing something crazy. I grew up in the '90s, so I love a choker and platform shoes like the Spice Girls wore.

Jillian Hervey

LoveShoesCrazyFeelSpiceMore

One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was seeing rocks.

Jenny Holzer

SeeingStoneRocksStartedDifferent

I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.

Max Irons

WorkParentsI CanWhySeeOut

We can project just about anything we want onto NFL owners - one of them is named Arthur Blank, for heaven's sake. He's a walking Mad Lib, just waiting for us to complete him.

Steve Rushin

WaitingWalkingHeavenMadWantHim

There are some risks we choose to take because the benefits from taking them exceed the possible costs. Optimal behavior takes risks that are worthwhile. This is the central paradigm of finance: we must take risks to achieve rewards, but not all risks are equally rewarded.

Robert F. Engle

FinanceRisksBehaviorChooseTake

People say I'm deceptively unassuming, but that's the way I go through life. I'm not flash. You can make it sound calculated, but it's pretty much just me.

Louis Theroux

LifePeopleMeYouGoSay

When my kids started preschool, the teachers had to take away all the fake bananas because all the boys would pick them up and pretend that they were guns. Boys find sticks to play swords and anything that looks like a gun to shoot. It's just inside of them. It's who they are.

Dean Norris

GunFakeFindLooksPlayTeachers

I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the long term.

Anthony Browne

SchoolLongFindPricePayBeing

No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.

Nico Rosberg

GoodCarTeamSucceedYouMatter

So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are.

Muqtada al Sadr

MeAmericanYouTellExistIssues

Sen. Sessions' commitment to public service is nearly unparalleled in Alabama history, and his departure from the Senate leaves tremendous shoes to fill.

Luther Strange

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