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Cynthia Voigt Quotes

My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.

Cynthia Voigt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: February 25, 1942

Topics

Ideas Writing Process Year Down Try

Some comedians love their characters. I don't fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You have to be willing to throw it all away.

John Belushi

Love Tired You Fall Fast Comedians

I bend and do not break.

Jean de La Fontaine

Bend Break

I naturally, when I make beats, aim for a darker tone just because I've always preferred those types of feelings.

Metro Boomin

Feelings Just Because Aim Always

If you are going to a destination where the food might be more exotic than usual, always err on the side of caution.

Stefanie Powers

Food Destination You More Always

Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.

Tony Snow

Surprise Laugh Dogs Big Which Too

My life in the town I grew up in was much quieter than 'The End of Vandalism.' Part of the reason I think I wrote it was because it was too damn quiet when I was young, and I wanted people to come out and talk. And they do. There's so much dialogue in 'The End of Vandalism.'

Tom Drury

Life People Think End My Life Quiet

I was 15 years old when I started wrestling full time, and I know what I had to go through to get here.

Roddy Piper

Time Go Know Wrestling Old Years

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

Joseph Rotblat

Present Philosophy Basic Nuclear

Now, I don't expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how it is. This is what we have done. This is what we have permitted.

Jonathan Kozol

Change Think Done Now Write Expect

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

Denis Healey

Prison Wall Tax Difference Between

I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you.

David Sedaris

Good People Think You Always Policy

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Clint Eastwood

Think Employees You Country Say Own