Sabaa Tahir Quotes

'The Sword of Shannara' is about two brothers who find themselves on an epic quest to save humanity. It borrows from 'Lord of the Rings' but is still original in its own right. I read it in three days, then reread it, then went out and found every single book Terry Brooks ever wrote, and read all those.

Sabaa Tahir

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It is always exciting to receive the scripts before we start on a new series.

Joe Cole

StartNewAlwaysExcitingBefore

Writing is more important than being a writer.

Jesse Andrews

WritingImportantMoreBeingWriter

I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.

Jessica Chastain

RedProblemsFaceRed LipstickTeeth

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

John Berger

HomeManLanguagePlaceSayHuman

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

Robert Gottlieb

LakeFirstSwanUpHatedReturned

I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances.

John Sculley

MistakesChanceLearnEnoughYou

We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

Jason Kidd

TeamTurnGoingAround360 Degrees

It fascinated me, these kids who would sit in their living room or bedroom or kitchen and sing to the camera and act out the song fully as though they were onstage. Because a lot of musical theater kids... do that alone in your bedroom when you're a kid. But for someone to go and put that online? That's just so embarrassing!

Colleen Ballinger

AloneMeSongKitchenSomeoneYou

One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.

Boris Yeltsin

TodayTimeWritingYouI CanNow

I've always loved cemeteries since I was a kid. They're very calm.

Britne Oldford

CalmLovedKidAlwaysVerySince

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved. Characters are incidental.

Ashwin Sanghi

ConflictStartWillEventsHow

Prenups are so unromantic - a sign of distrust, not love. Time for a reality check, my friends. First, drawing up a prenuptial agreement together is a sign of incredible trust and financial openness - you're fooling yourself if you think you can achieve complete intimacy without it.

Suze Orman

LoveTimeTrustTogetherYourself

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