Sara Gruen Quotes

The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.

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• In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.

  

  C. Northcote Parkinson
  • People
  • Think
  • Politics

• I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.

  

  Sally Watson
  • School
  • History
  • Teach

• The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Live
  • Black
  • Reading

• People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • People
  • Live
  • House

• A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.

  

  Sam Trammell
  • Beautiful
  • Old
  • River

• I can do whatever I want.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Want
  • I Can
  • Whatever

• The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • End
  • Fight
  • Development

• They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Problem
  • Cost
  • Save

• I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.

  

  Raekwon
  • Different
  • Artist
  • Totally

• I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Song
  • Fire
  • Red

• I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'

  

  M.I.A.
  • People
  • Try
  • Go

• I'm a pro-horserace guy.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Guy

• Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Want
  • Me
  • Son

• When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Time
  • Career
  • Being Pregnant

• A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

  

  Oliver Kahn
  • History
  • Game
  • Team

• I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one.

  

  Karen Morley
  • Man
  • Army
  • Knew

• I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.

  

  Charles Darwin
  • Good
  • Why
  • Religious

• The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.

  

  Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Different
  • Political

• A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere.

  

  Burt Shavitz
  • Up
  • Good

• If Slater were someone else, Kevin would merely be the poor victim of a horrible plot. Unless he was killed by Slater, in which case he would be the dead victim of a horrible plot

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Poor
  • Victim
  • Cases

• I think so much of writing is an instinct, or a feel for a scene, or a feel for a character. You have to put into words the word 'tone,' which I think is thrown around a lot and can mean a hundred different things, but communicating that to other people is definitely a challenge.

  

  Elizabeth Meriwether
  • People
  • Different
  • Writing

• I had left the music industry at the end of 2001, after 10 years, and had spent three years writing every single day - producing two unpublished novels, one abandoned novel, and three unproduced screenplays. The word 'no' and I were on more than nodding terms. The word 'no' and I were talking about going on holiday together.

  

  John Niven
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Together

• The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.

  

  Sara Gruen
  • Writing