Brent Runyon Quotes
I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like to read.
Quotes to Explore
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The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.
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The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.
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I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
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I never read about photography.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'
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I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I find out she's not attracted to me, it brings down my level of attraction to her. If I'm interested and find out she's not, I tend to cool off.
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Women would rather be right than reasonable.
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I think a lot of writers are tempted to add complexity by over-complicating things, but always remember that most natural rules/laws are, at their core, simple. Start simple, and build from there, or you risk getting yourself and your readers tangled.
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I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.
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I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.
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I don't know that happy people are interesting to write about - or to read about.
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I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.
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I'm compared to my dad all the time, and I've learned to take it positively by working hard.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.
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No more massive injections. Tiny children are not horses-one vaccine at a time, over time.
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It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.
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Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for the rest of their life. But that's not being truthful to the music 'cause it's not developing. Cats you hear that don't make no mistakes? They ain't trying to do nothing. everything they hear is on the mark, but they've played it so many times... I've built a whole career out of making mistakes!
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Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your most authentic self.
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I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like to read.
