I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
Nicholas Sparks
Recitation: by Male by Female
The voiceless and most defenseless ones are the animals, so most of my attention goes to them.
Joanna Krupa
AttentionAnimalsMostVoiceless
So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing.
Joan Armatrading
WaitingPeopleMeWritingLooking
Once I decided I was happy with something, I'd try to send it off into the world, and either someone would want it exactly as it was, or it would remain in my notebook/laptop, and no one would ever see it. This is probably why I didn't work with an editor until I was 26. The solipsism!
Jenny Zhang
WorkHappyWorldSomeoneWantWhy
My being gay was something of not great interest to me.
Maurice Sendak
GreatMeGayInterestSomething
It is always better to write for the whole of society than for the poetry-reading public.
Tony Harrison
SocietyBetterWriteAlwaysWhole
You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.
Robert Forster
WorkCharacterTogetherWordsLearn
For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend all my days going, 'Hello, you don't know me. I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you have a little time?'
Mary Roach
TimeMeQuestionsYouKnowSay
The Republicans have kind of painted themselves into a kind of a real demographic corner, if you will.
Martin O'Malley
YouKindWillRealCornerPainted
You never want to be in a position where your reader feels like you're passing judgment on your own characters. Any novel where you feel like the author is talking to the reader over the characters' heads is in a bad place.
Jonathan Dee
FeelTalkingYouBadPlaceWant
Our officials want nothing more than to be at the top of their professional game and make the correct call. That's what they do; that's their living, that's their pride, that's their joy. They don't achieve that because they happen to be human.
David Stern
JoyGamePrideProfessionalLiving
The thought of Sarah Palin as president gives me acid reflux.
Christopher Buckley
MeThoughtPresidentAcidSarah
Yes, I was a big math and computer geek, that's true. I was driven by the scholastic side of things. For me, it was all about what I could do with math and computers.
Brian Acton
MeComputersTrueYesSideBig
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