Nancy Kress Quotes

How many times have you opened a book, read the first few sentences and made a snap decision about whether to buy it? When it's your book that's coming under this casual-but-critical scrutiny, you want the reader to be instantly hooked. The way to accomplish this is to create compelling opening sentences.

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DecisionBookYouAccomplishCreate

My preference is for people who come to rehearsal and get into the ring. I like a muscular actor who's playful.

Joe Mantello

PeopleRingActorPlayfulGetCome

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.

John C. Hawkes

AirplaneShipBackHardSameTell

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

John Betjeman

ChildhoodDarkReasonOutSights

I don't have any intention to be anti-gay or to persecute the gay community.

Ander Crenshaw

CommunityIntentionGayAny

What would it be like to live 500 years? Healthy years, of course; no one wants to live 500 years in a coma on a respirator. But reasonably healthy all that time? That would be awesome!

Ann Leckie

LiveTimeHealthyAwesomeYears

Movement is expressive. I've never denied that. I don't think there's such a thing as abstract dance.

Merce Cunningham

DanceThinkNeverMovementAbstract

When people agree with you, they'll just like it and keep it moving, but when people don't agree with you, that's when they come for your whole neck.

Amanda Seales

PeopleMovingYouNeckKeepAgree

Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum coming in and get some confidence out on the mound.

Steve Clevenger

ConfidenceTimeTeamMomentumYou

I am pretty chill before games. Have a go-to routine that keeps me busy until we are ready to take the court so I'm not just sitting around anxious for the game.

Stephen Curry

I AmMeGameBusyChillRoutine

Technology is going to play a huge part in tomorrow's music business. And the companies that will win are going to be the most equipped to understand how to use data to further an artist's career.

Troy Carter

BusinessMusicTechnologyTomorrow

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

Robert Baden-Powell

SurpriseUnexpectedScoutNeverHe

It's hard to kind of marry your personal life with the theater. It always works so well for my life, and then I had kids, and the thought of missing putting them to bed is a tough one for me. You know, I'm there a lot for them.

Miriam Shor

LifeMeToughThoughtMy LifeYou

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