Chelsea Cain Quotes
Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then just sort of follow them around through the narrative. I think that these writers are out of their minds.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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Gluttony is not a secret vice.
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
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Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.
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No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.
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I have been challenged with the fictional languages I have to learn. I wasn't terrible at languages at school - I got an A in French, so I did well enough - but I didn't enjoy them. I'm not even sure if that plays into how well you learn a fictional language!
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By the mid-1990s, nearly everything in North Korea was worn out, broken, malfunctioning. The country had seen better days.
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Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.
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I'm more of a people pleaser.
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Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
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What's funny is funny. The same thing that made you laugh a hundred years ago makes you laugh now.
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Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.
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On a really good day, if I'm really trying, in the morning I'll have a piece of toast, vitamins and nuts, or a bagel with a little cream cheese. Then at lunch time, I'll get me one of those Chinese chicken salads, a glass of juice, and a big glass of water.
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You can't not be changed by the experience of seeing extreme poverty. You start to want to think about ways in which you can make the world better.
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Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then just sort of follow them around through the narrative. I think that these writers are out of their minds.
