Gregory Benford Quotes

It really helps if you know your subject matter immediately. I find that enormously useful because then you can concentrate on all the usual novelistic things - the character, the plot and so forth - and you don't have to spend an enormous amount of time learning another trade, essentially.

Gregory Benford

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LearningCharacterTimeYouFind

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.

John Holmes

UniverseRememberOthersWellEntire

It's harder to get your second picture than it is to get your first one.

John Knoll

PictureFirstGetYourSecondThan

Driverless pods could have people who want to watch the same movie. Or there could be Tinder pods.

John Zimmer

PeopleWantSameWatchWhoMovie

I'm sure when 'Midnight Cowboy' came out, it took a couple of minutes to get used to the voice and the look of Dustin Hoffman, or to even recognize that it was Dustin Hoffman.

Rod Lurie

VoiceLookOutMidnightCowboyUsed

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

Russell M. Nelson

LifeLoveDeathWaySorrowOut

No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.

Michael Polanyi

PhysicsChemistryDeterminedLaws

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

HealthSpiritualHumilityPride

I'm very passionate about music and was excited to see that the majority of readers loved the inclusion of lyrics.

Colleen Hoover

MusicLovedInclusionPassionateSee

So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I've got the ideas in my head, it's getting them properly on paper.

Bruce Boxleitner

IdeasHelpHeadPaperCallGot

Having every little aspect of your life in the public eye is really hard because it leaves more room for criticism, and I just want to live.

Ariel Winter

LifeLiveEyeCriticismWantHard

Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.

Wislawa Szymborska

WallsPoetryWritingBornRingWill

Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only meant to be played by men.

Paula Cole

MenMeant To BeAustraliaOutUp

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