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		For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written for radio. I wrote it for a radio series in 1992. It was a five-minute piece for radio, and it's been absolutely astonishing.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brendan O'Carroll 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Whitesell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have only a few really enviable skills, but packing - condensing just the right amount of stuff into a single bag, whether the trip is for a weekend or, as in this case, seven weeks - is one of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hanya Yanagihara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody's got to stop being afraid of it real soon. Who's going to do it if a woman's network doesn't? People are going to be dying. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patricia Richardson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine Albright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's not enough flavor in each bite.' That's the feeling you have the entire time with 'Smallville' - that it's just about to be good, but it never is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My general advice for writers/comedians is, make stuff you like and are proud of. Put it in a place where people can see it, whether that's onstage or on the Internet or wherever. Just do the things that make you happy creatively, and then show them to people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Josh Gondelman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mantle didn't want to stick out, but he did. He didn't wish to be treated as special, but he was. He was uncomfortable being the center of attention, but he was the centerfielder for the most famous franchise in sports. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jane Leavy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fun has to do with habitual activities but then also terrifically novel or unusual ones. It works as a sort of strange milkshake of those concepts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Bogost 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haruki Murakami 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I learned quickly enough when to click the shutter, but what I was becoming aware of more slowly was a story-writer's truth: The thing to wait on, to reach for, is the moment in which people reveal themselves... I learned from my own pictures, one by one, and had to; for I think we are the breakers of our own hearts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eudora Welty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written for radio. I wrote it for a radio series in 1992. It was a five-minute piece for radio, and it's been absolutely astonishing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brendan O'Carroll