No time you spend writing will be wasted - even if you write something that's bad.
Elif Batuman
Recitation: by Male by Female
I first fell in love with comedy when I'd visit my granny as a kid. Trips to her house meant staying up late drinking Coca-Cola and watching 'Saturday Night Live'.
Jessica Williams
LoveLiveNightComedySaturdayKid
When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are.
Jennifer Beals
CharacterYourselfThinkYouPlay
I have had more honors than I've deserved and more rewards than I expected. It can be tempting just to say, 'Well, I'm going to retire.' But what would I do then? Sit in a chair and watch TV? Don't let fulfillment throw away your tomorrow.
Robert H. Schuller
TomorrowChairSayMoreRetireSit
I do tend to be a leader in situations in my own life.
Sonequa Martin-Green
LifeLeaderMy OwnOwnSituations
When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I always write with a co-writer.
Sia
SongFeelWriteSongwritingAlways
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!
Trey Gowdy
RespectJusticePoliceLawReason
Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that's what began my interest in music.
Tom Glazer
FamilyFatherMotherMusicMeTwo
There are a lot of good ideas that could benefit from big media. You have a lot of companies that hit a wall and can't get beyond a certain level. They need the infrastructure and distribution of a large company.
Ross Levinsohn
GoodIdeasMediaYouWallBeyond
Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage.
Judi Dench
PeopleStageMissActually
What do I want from a book? Something protean, something always on-the-move-or-make - shape-shifting, semantically-and-syntactically-shifting.
Joshua Cohen
BookWantAlwaysSomething
A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.
Joseph de Maistre
ConstitutionNoneMadeNations
I had never attended a trial until my daughter's murder trial. What I witnessed in that courtroom enraged and redirected me.
Dominick Dunne
DaughterMeNeverCourtroomTrial
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