Alane Ferguson Quotes

One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don't want to have too much violence in it - which really limits what you can do. It's important that they're not just bloodbaths or glorifying violence. I always try to show that a person who dies leaves a hole. There's grief in my books.

Alane Ferguson

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Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Johannes Kepler

NaturePossibleLittleAnythingUses

It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me.

Jeff Abbott

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But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

John Trumbull

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In journalism, as in politics, other people's lives are a currency to be bartered on behalf of notoriety and influence.

Steve Erickson

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Some things can be perfectly expressed by sound alone and images would only be disturbing. Other times, sound would be possible, but visuals are much stronger and closer to what I want to express and then again, they sometimes overlap perfectly.

Alva Noto

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I don't know if a pro wrestling career prepares you for Hollywood. When you get out there, and you're in an arena for 20,000 people or 90,000 people, it's a lot different than being on a quiet set with 100 people, so I think you get used to dealing with cameras.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Acting has always been a strong force in my life, but it was hard to change direction. I didn't make a paycheck for two years.

Sofia Boutella

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There have been many cases in which stars have come to us first to break the news because they knew the pressure was on. They wanted to have it on the air so that they could give their honest evaluation of the situation.

Mary Hart

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The phenomena of taking photos and sharing them isn't new, but with Instagram being mobile, both have become cheaper and faster, producing the instant gratification of knowing how our shots look in our palms.

Mary Pilon

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Last year, at the beginning of the year, we couldn't get arrested, so I'll take this. Feast versus famine.

Josh Schwartz

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It doesn't matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD and a waddle at Disneyland.

Chris Colfer

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I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.

Christine Lahti

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