When I write I know that I'm going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need.
George Saunders
Recitation: by Male by Female
When your dad comes back from a faraway land with bows and arrows and spears wrapped up in a carpet... that's cool.
Joe Alwyn
CoolBackLandUpCarpetArrows
Having your book edited is like watching your cat being operated on. It's uncomfortable and someone is probably going to get hurt. Most likely the cat. But in the end, things work out for the best and your cat is better it. And then your cat gets released in hardcover, and you have to read all of his reviews.
Jenny Lawson
WorkBestBookHurtEndBetter
I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.
Jensen Ackles
GuitarPlayHimMineSingBuddy
I showed people Republicans in Florida can do more than talk.
Ander Crenshaw
PeopleTalkMoreFloridaThan
There's nothing I would like more than to watch a manned Mars landing.
Andy Weir
NothingMoreMarsWatchWouldLike
I lied a lot when I was a kid. Somehow, I still do this today, but maybe in another way - not quite as ridiculously clumsily as I used to. But still, I think making music has a lot to do with it. One invents something that one can't possibly be. With songs, one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise.
Sophie Hunger
MusicTodayWorldThinkWayKid
I don't understand why one should be one thing or the other. Writing, to me, is writing is writing. It should be a flexible tool. Whatever skills I have, have to work for me; I won't be dictated by them.
Sonya Hartnett
WorkMeWritingSkillsUnderstand
Purchasing a story in order to bury it is a practice that many in the tabloid industry call 'catch and kill.'
Ronan Farrow
PracticeStoryOrderIndustryCatch
I don't think it is deniable: whenever we, I, conservative media, are really interested in something, the mainstream media purposely avoid it.
Rush Limbaugh
ThinkMediaConservativeSomething
I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me. I actually enjoy snails a lot. And I've eaten sea urchin and that shebang.
Mirai Nagasu
SeaMeMomEnjoyEatWhatever
'Flappy Bird' was one of those phenomena. If we could all build one now, we would. Probably a bunch of us are trying. Those kinds of games are interesting. Rumor has it he was making $50,000 a day just from advertising, which is great, especially given the cost of living in Vietnam.
Chris DeWolfe
GreatBirdDayAdvertisingTrying
On YouTube, women are not just users; they're creators. They're learning about business and technology, and having a voice.
Susan Wojcicki
LearningWomenBusinessTechnology
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