Alastair Reynolds Quotes

Don't keep rewriting and polishing something if it isn't setting the world on fire: start something new instead and consider the earlier story a learning experience.

Alastair Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 13, 1966

Topics

LearningExperienceFireWorldStart

I have always had a very busy life. The difference is that a lot more people are helping advise me what to do, and a lot more people are observing what I do. But in terms of time and working schedule, it is not that different from my normal working week.

Jeremy Corbyn

LifeTimePeopleMeBusyWeek

I think that vampires are sexy. The idea of them being untouchable has been really exciting for people.

Jenn Proske

PeopleThinkSexyBeingBeenIdea

In the past, when venture-funded startups told their investors they'd found a profitable business model, the first thing VCs would do is to start looking for an 'operating exec' - usually an MBA who would act as the designated 'adult' and take over the transition from Search to Build.

Steve Blank

BusinessPastLookingStartSearch

In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans.

Solomon Ortiz

PeaceCrisisServingPeace Corps

It's no mean calling to bring fun into the afternoons of large numbers of people. That, too, is part of my job, and I'm happy to serve when called on.

Tommy Lee Jones

JobFunHappyPeopleNumbersMean

I think one of the things that people tend to forget is that poets do write out of life. It isn't some set piece that then gets put up on the shelf, but that the impetus, the real instigation for poetry is everything that's happening around us.

Rita Dove

LifePoetryPeopleThinkForgetOut

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

Rudyard Kipling

GodMother's DayMothersMadeHe

One thing about when I came back into Dinosaur that was really cool was that pretty much anybody that J. was working with who had a long-term relationship with J. were people I really liked and that I actually may have already known.

Lou Barlow

RelationshipPeopleCoolBackPretty

There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.

Diana Krall

CharacterWomanLosingSingingRoom

Fruitcakes have a bad rap.

Christina Tosi

BadRapBad Rap

We have always been dreamers in Montana.

Brian Schweitzer

AlwaysDreamersMontanaBeen

As Congress battles over spending and cost cutting, it is imperative that funding for math education programs does not fall victim.

Priyamvada Natarajan

EducationFallCongressOverBattles

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