Nancy Kress Quotes

Pace, like everything else in writing, involves a trade-off. If you're not offering the reader a lot of action to keep her interested, you must offer something else in its stead. Slow pace is ideal for complex character development, detailed description, and nuances of style.

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterStyleWritingActionSlow

You don't want to upset the people from California. They can outvote you.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

PeopleYouWantUpsetCalifornia

It is my belief that it is not the fact that he traveled as much as he did during the past few months as much as what he said and how he said it that hurt him.

Robert Teeter

PastHurtTraveledSaidBeliefHim

You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Ronald Reagan

CharacterFoodEatingYouWayTell

When I see something like Russian intelligence services interfering with our electoral process, I find that incredibly offensive.

Dmitri Alperovitch

IntelligenceProcessFindSeeI See

As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again.

Sharon Salzberg

LifeForgivenessCompassionMistake

But when I do get recognized, I get recognized usually for 'Firefly.'

Sean Maher

GetRecognized

I'm a third generation Californian, and there's a lot of talented, good-looking guys in California, so I'm just happy to be working and lucky to be working.

Scott Eastwood

HappyGenerationGood-LookingLucky

Once you do a show like 'Modern Family,' which has been an amazing thing, and I'm so happy about it, it does make it a little challenging to do other things.

Ty Burrell

FamilyHappyAmazingYouModern

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

Thomas Huxley

ForgottenRationalCallBeliefsOur

I'm not really big on video games at all, I played a lot at the arcade as a kid. I didn't have a system growing up at my house.

Kyp Malone

Growing UpVideo GamesHouseGrowing

I grew up in a good family with good parents, and I was able to dream big and have the support to live it out.

Liam Hemsworth

FamilyGoodLiveSupportParentsUp

Every black man in Chicago walks through the world differently, and I think what young black boys do is observe, and that's what gives them their road map.

Lena Waithe

ManWorldRoadBlackThinkYoung

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