Laura Amy Schlitz Quotes

I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.

Laura Amy Schlitz

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ProcessYouYearsBecauseGetTried

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

Jodie Foster

FearAloneGreatExperienceWarMe

I don't like kitten heels. I just don't think they are an attractive shoe because they always look so stumpy. And I would never wear cowboy boots: a pointy toe and little heel is just not my thing.

Jessica Hart

ThinkBootsLookShoeNeverKitten

You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.

Anderson Varejao

PracticeYouReadyPlayKnowNever

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

Robert Orben

PeopleTemptationTouchKeepWould

Thanks to modern technology, we now can deliver every text in every research library to every citizen in our country, and to everyone in the world. If we fail to do so, we are not living up to our civic duty.

Robert Darnton

TechnologyResearchWorldLibrary

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.

Ron Suskind

PoliticalKnowMoveFactMostLot

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

Ruggiero Ricci

YourselfListeningLearnYouOut

To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.

Milton Glaser

ControlDesignYouMasterWhatever

There is a certain degree of 'steampunkishness' that creeps into my books.

Jasper Fforde

DegreeBooksCertainCreeps

The Rolling Stones are so versatile, they're like the band version of that Infinite Dress they sell on QVC.

Diablo Cody

DressInfiniteBandRollingSell

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

Deborah Tannen

UniqueKnowOthersSeeIndividuals

If the story wasn't overly long, I'd type it out. And I'd carry it around with me for a week and jot notes on it, and then I'd throw it away and do another one.

Donald Ray Pollock

MeStoryWeekLongOutNotes

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