Nancy Kress Quotes

There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words, sentences, paragraphs to make their fiction intelligible or interesting. I don't know any of these writers.

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WordsInterestingBackGoKnowLean

When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.

Jennifer Damiano

YouAudienceSeeGetFrontHow

Take any movie with an actor you like. Turn your head and just listen to the performance. In some cases, the physical presence remains as strong when you can't see the actor, when it's just the voice.

John Lasseter

PerformanceVoiceStrongYouActor

Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71.

Robert Quine

New YorkPeopleNewSome PeopleBar

When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on.

Robert Glasper

MusicGreatSayingYouBackGo

If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.

Matthew Goode

WeekLivedSchizophrenicAfter

I was invincible, at least that's what I wanted you to think, and I wanted me to think it, too.

John Sweeney

MeThinkYouInvincibleLeastToo

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

Steve Buscemi

MatterSizeLikeStuffPart

War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong.

Martin Sheen

TimeWarWrongPlaceSimplyUnwise

I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam: I'm a college graduate. I'm African American, and I'm gay. I'm comfortable in my skin.

Michael Sam

I AmCollegeWorldAmericanSkin

The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word, which is your own life.

Don Miguel Ruiz

LifeYouSeeOwnManifestationYour

My father became completely responsible for my education and for raising me.

Diego Luna

EducationFatherMeResponsible

I think my confidence came when I turned 30. I don't know, something about turning 30 has been unbelievable. I just feel a sense of freedom.

Ali Krieger

ConfidenceFreedomThinkFeelKnow

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