Laura Lippman Quotes
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My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.
Nathan Fillion -
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
Maggie Smith -
Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
Oliver North -
When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.
Umberto Eco -
Writers are not meant for action.
Manuel Puig -
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
Tanith Lee
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Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
J. A. Konrath -
I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
Maeve Binchy -
My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
Vikas Swarup -
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
I fought to make a multiple series commitment with John Wells.
Warren Littlefield
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For me, training is my meditation, my yoga, hiking, biking all rolled into one. Wake up early in the morning, generally around 4 o'clock, and I'll do my cardio on an empty stomach. Stretch, have a big breakfast, and then I'll go train.
Dwayne Johnson -
Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it.
Loudon Wainwright III -
I imagine myself as the broadcaster for a Cubs-White Sox World Series, a Series that would last seven games, with the final game going extra innings before being suspended because of darkness at Wrigley Field.
Jack Brickhouse -
There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.
Len Wein -
It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.
Len Wein -
He's healthy now and ready, ... Nate makes big plays. Like that last series, when we needed a couple of first downs, we put the ball in his hands and he got it done for us.
Albert Gallatin
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The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
I feel that my message of Jesus and His finished work at Calvary has delivered grace to us which is unearned and unmerited favor.
Ricky Dillard -
We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
William Butler Yeats -
I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.
Laura Lippman