Nancy Kress Quotes

Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1948

Topics

RepetitionSaidTrueTrySheAvoid

You know, in our culture today, our Western, reductionist, Roman, linear, fragmented... culture, we don't ask how to make a pig happy. We ask how to grow it faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper, and that's not a noble goal.

Joel Salatin

TodayCultureHappyGrowGoalPig

The most moving scene for me in 'Pride and Prejudice' is the Pemberley music room scene: Elizabeth has just saved Darcy's sister from embarrassment and confusion, and as the music plays on, Darcy's look of gratitude becomes a look of love, which we see reciprocated in Elizabeth's eyes.

Andrew Davies

LoveMusicGratitudeEyesMeSister

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

ProcessDemocraticWhoInitiated

Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries.

Troy Vincent

GameEnoughInjuriesLeadTechnical

I think being born in Panama was a blessing because Panama is a port city. It's a really - the mentality is that - I remember that of admitting things in. You know, ports, ideas come in and out all the time.

Ruben Blades

TimeBlessingCityIdeasThinkYou

I'd love to do a safari holiday somewhere in Africa - maybe Kenya or Tanzania. I have never been, and we've deliberately waited until the children are older so that they could appreciate it, learn something and come back with stories.

Louise Nurding

LoveChildrenAppreciateLearnBack

I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilarious thing for me to say because for many, many years I was the guy whose only contribution to any conversation was, 'There was a funny 'Simpson's' joke about that.'

Joss Whedon

FunnyMeEnjoyConversationSay

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.

Chick Corea

LiveChallengeNightYouNewGet

Keep enjoying it, and if you do that, then you are going to get better.

Brian McBride

BetterYouKeepGoingGetThen

In my day, the films you got were about mature people, people with some kind of weight.

Anne Reid

DayPeopleYouKindMatureWeight

It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.

Philip Sidney

HappinessGreatWhoMostThem

When an audience is laughing with a character, they make themselves so vulnerable, and they open up. They expose their heart the moment they're laughing, because they're relaxed and they're disarmed.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

CharacterHeartMomentOpenAudience

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