Collaboration is an important part of the process, and ego is never a part of it.
Mack Wilberg
Recitation: by Male by Female
Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.
Joanne Harris
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I think art is not an ornament or refinement at the fringes of human intelligence, I think it's at the center. It's at the core.
Robert Pinsky
ArtIntelligenceThinkHumanCenter
I don't write as much now as I used to, but I write. The lines still come, maybe periodically, and I'll go through these little bursts of time where I write a lot of things then a long period of time where maybe I don't write anything.
John Trudell
TimeLongGoNowWriteAnything
There are no expectations other than those I place on myself to be a great father and husband.
Sturgill Simpson
FatherGreatMyselfHusbandPlace
One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.
Roger Ebert
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No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.
Rita Mae Brown
WorkAnimalPeopleFaceYearYou
I don't necessarily see myself as an activist, running down the street and knocking at every door.
Rula Ghani
MyselfDoorDownStreetSeeEvery
I just am who I am.
Miranda Lambert
I AmJustWhoAm
Obviously, the Philippines or any regional state can never match Chinese defense spending, but we will have to develop minimum deterrence capabilities that allow us to resist and inflict sufficient retaliation if China continues to undermine Philippine territorial integrity.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
IntegrityWillNeverChinaDefense
There's a certain type of sociopathy to many schemers.
Mitchell Zuckoff
ManyTypeCertain
When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it.
Jonathan Maberry
WritingWorldEgoViewEasyCareer
The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence.
Jon Fishman
MusicGratefulInfluenceLongDead
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