Nancy Kress Quotes

In fiction, a reaction shot is a brief portrayal of how your character reacts to something that someone else has done. In contrast to more direct character building, your guy doesn't initiate the sequence; he completes it. Exactly how he completes it can tell readers a lot about him.

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterBuildingSomeoneDoneMore

It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.

Jessica Williams

GoodJobYourselfImpossibleYou

Being Sexiest Woman Alive definitely didn't just open all the doors for me, which I thought it would. I thought, 'This is going to be huge for me!' And it really wasn't at all.

Jessica Biel

WomanMeThoughtDoorsAliveOpen

There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.

John Oliver

PeopleDrivingSome PeopleWatchWho

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

Stephan Jenkins

PeopleTryWhoMisfitsSituations

Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth.

Stephen Baldwin

FunnyTruthMeComedyYouWrong

I often thought that if I had been working with Mark James at American Studios, I would have had a pop hit before I ever moved out of Memphis. But that didn't happen.

Ronnie Milsap

ThoughtAmericanHappenOutMark

In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land.

Mo Ibrahim

HomeFoodWorldGrowingAfricaLand

Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. It's a virtuous cycle.

Lloyd Blankfein

GrowthPeopleGrowWealthCreate

The day you stop clapping at a gig is the day your soul dies.

Chet Faker

DaySoulYouStopYourGig

To achieve important things, we have to sacrifice what's important to us. That's an idea that's very central to Indian thinking.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

SacrificeThinkingAchieveImportant

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Pierre Corneille

CourageManWordEvery ManEvery

I have a background in technology, design, architecture, arts and sciences. I see myself as a multi-dimensional person.

Pranav Mistry

TechnologyMyselfArchitectureDesign

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