Ted Chiang Quotes

When I was a kid, I figured I would be a physicist when I grew up, and then I would write science fiction on the side. The physicist thing didn't pan out, but writing science fiction on the side did.

Ted Chiang

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I don't want little kids reading my comics.

Jhonen Vasquez

ReadingWantLittleKidsComics

I love the conflict of relationships on 'Justified.'

Joelle Carter

LoveConflictRelationshipsJustified

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

Jennifer Garner

ComedyYouHideGiveCommitEither

The question I am most often asked is how do I find my ideas? The answer is I don't. Ideas find me. A character in history will suddenly step right out of the past and demand a book. Generally, people don't bother to speak to me unless there's a good chance that I'll take them on.

Jean Fritz

GoodCharacterHistoryPastStepMe

As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect.

Steve Kanaly

ImaginationThinkEncouragementYou

The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me and go, 'yaassssss.'

Trixie Mattel

BestSpiritualMeCreatePersonGo

When I was in school, I conceptually didn't want black people to have context, to take it out of all that history. I wanted nothing to indicate where they are or what time it is, to place them anywhere.

Toyin Odutola

HistoryTimeSchoolPeopleBlack

I think some horror authors are trying to scare you, but with me, I'm as scared as the reader is of the story. I've always been that way, since watching the 'Twilight Zone' movie - watching 'Firestarter' when my parents were out, or sneaking out to watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' at a friend's house because I couldn't watch it at my house.

Josh Malerman

FriendParentsMeStoryThinkYou

I'm an artist; I love everyone.

Chris Zylka

LoveArtistEveryoneLove Everyone

If you want this planet to continue being habitable for everyone that lives here, you have to limit the number of inhabitants. Hunters do it by killing off the old or sick animals in a herd, but I don't think that's a very ethical way of limiting the population.

Christian de Duve

SickThinkYouWantWayLimit

I wrote 'The Facebook Era' because I felt like it needed to be written, and I was one of the people who might be qualified to do so. Specifically, my background is that I developed the first business application on Facebook.

Clara Shih

BusinessPeopleFirstFacebookEra

What is imponderable in the world is greater than what we can handle.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

WorldGreaterHandleThan

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