Kami Garcia Quotes

At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.

Kami Garcia

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1972

Topics

BeginningWritingWorldSongNew

Our great American writers were all newspaper people.

John Gould

GreatPeopleAmericanNewspaperOur

I think I've succeeded more by learning what needed to be done next and getting help in getting it done. I was just very focused and impatient.

John Kendrew

LearningThinkHelpDoneFocused

I believe that when the going gets tough, you should just hit pause. Assimilate what is happening for 10 minutes. Your thoughts will be much clearer.

Shreya Ghoshal

ThoughtsToughBelieveYouPause

I'm so confusing to wrestling promoters, and I'm used to that, but because I stayed in ECW and learned how to express myself the way, ah, that I could connect with my fans, it made my strong Rob Van Dam character uncompromising... and I owe that to ECW.

Rob Van Dam

CharacterMyselfStrongWayFans

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

Robert Wyatt

MeWritingFindNeverHardSinger

My main position on karaoke is just say no. I also think there should be a cut-off level where, once you reach a certain amount of talent or ability, you shouldn't be allowed to do karaoke anymore. Go get a band and actually do that. There's no need to show everybody else up.

Ron Livingston

TalentThinkReachYouGoSay

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.

Mary Todd Lincoln

TruthJusticeDayDarknessClouds

It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'

Martin Seligman

MyselfPeopleMeAmericanYouWrong

When I go back to Egypt, I call my friend from the airport to buy kushari for us to eat in the car. I pull my hoodie over my head, jump into the car, and then I'm eating it straight away.

Mohamed Salah

FriendCarEatingBackJumpAirport

After talking to people and meeting them every day, I realize that a song can be written from one perspective with an objective in mind. What is crazy about it is that many different people can take one song a totally different way. That is so cool, since music is a universal thing and a very personal thing.

Josh Dun

MusicPerspectiveDayPeopleMind

When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

Donald Ray Pollock

SchoolGoQuitFiftyGraduate School

All human life can be found in an airport.

David Walliams

LifeAirportHumanHuman LifeFound

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