A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
Ingrid Betancourt
Recitation: by Male by Female
Chaste love happens all the time, far more frequently than adultery.
Andre Aciman
LoveTimeMoreFarHappensAdultery
I take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully.
Maxine Peake
CharacterEgoThinkSometimesMore
Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.
Spider Robinson
PainJoySharedIncreased
I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.
Sloane Crosley
VacationBackWriteWeekendsFloor
A record isn't like a movie - you can get it together pretty fast.
Steve Martin
TogetherYouFastPrettyGetLike
Social systems have values - arguments baked into their design. For example, Twitter's core argument seems to be, 'Everything should be public, and messages should find the largest audience possible.' Snapchat's might be, 'Communication should be private and ephemeral.'
Robin Sloan
CommunicationDesignValuesFind
I had two older brothers, so I was always competing with them. The guys I grew up with on the golf course, when I was 13, they were 15 or 16, and I was always trying to beat them.
Mike Weir
GolfTryingTwoAlwaysUpBeat
My father had this mythological sense of the old New York, and he used to tell me stories about these old gangs, particularly the Forty Thieves in the Fourth Ward.
Martin Scorsese
FatherNew YorkMeNewOldThieves
I find that we must be careful not to judge or weigh in on anything other than ourselves. I am living and learning this still!
Lisa Rinna
LearningI AmJudgeFindLiving
I was raised with fear of God, guilt over Jesus, and terror of the Devil.
Dory Previn
FearGodDevilGuiltOverJesus
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.
Chinua Achebe
FatherMotherTeacherParentsEarly
You don't want to have a character say what's bothering him; you want to define characters by action.
Christopher Priest
CharacterActionYouSayWantHim
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