Tara Westover Quotes

I think that when memoir goes wrong, it goes wrong from too much memory, too much detail. It's about clearing all that away and just getting to the story.

Tara Westover

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MemoryDetailStoryThinkToo Much

Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

LoveGreatStartImpossibleFace

I've found, as I've gotten older, it's really difficult to write on the road. There are so many distractions, so many people in and out of the bus. It's really difficult to do. So I just keep a notebook with me, and I jot down ideas. I schedule appointments to write.

Tracy Lawrence

PeopleMeIdeasRoadDownSchedule

You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious.

Rodney Carrington

YouGoWayTalkNeverRight

A black belt is what you prove to be, but also what it means in your heart.

Jason David Frank

HeartBlackYouProveYourMeans

We've got to have a functioning government.

Chris Gibson

GovernmentGot

I've just tried to keep my eyes open, tried to read everything you can, and tried to see whether I see myself within it. If I do, then I can get excited about it.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

EyesMyselfYouI CanOpenSee

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

Conrad Hall

YouWillNeverFather's DayGone

I knew I would always be an artist, but when you move to Nashville, this is a writer's town. I moved here to focus on that and started pitching demos and immediately was asked to be an artist.

Brett Young

FocusYouArtistNashvillePitching

Early Nineties - that was what it was all about: how people dressed on the terraces.

Bradley Wiggins

PeopleEarlyDressedNinetiesHow

But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

Bruce Nauman

StartFindingFeelingWayMeanTask

I'm a stickler for structure. So I tend to make sure I'm hitting certain points in the script and that I'm progressing and moving things along. You know, are the characters keeping the plot moving along? And are they true, and do I know their motivations?

Allison Schroeder

MovingYouKnowTrueStructurePlot

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

Timothy Radcliffe

TimeChurchHumanityNewChrist

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