Elizabeth George Quotes
Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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I don't like to play the victim.
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I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
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If Shanghai wants to be an international cultural center, they have to do something about that. The reason I left is that I wanted to explore what ballet is all about, and if I had stayed put, that wouldn't have happened.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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Our brothers and sisters in Muslim countries can't celebrate Christmas-or any aspect of their faith-openly for fear of persecution and death. And yet we, with all our freedoms, often choose to make Christmas a celebration of commercialism!
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If it wasn't for football, a lot of the best times of my life, my brother's life, my dad's life, wouldn't exist.
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The fun of writing established characters is that there's a rich mythology to draw from - you get to play with toys you loved as a kid.
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What we know about writing the novel is the novel.
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Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
