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		I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach, but in fact, this is what I like to do. It's sort of like my handwriting as a movie director. And somewhere along the way, I think I've made the decision: I'm going to write in my own handwriting.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wes Anderson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. N. Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Madison Smartt Bell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble off... As my friend Julius Lester says, 'A picture book is the essence of an experience.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patricia MacLachlan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mahershala Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samantha Shannon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Manika 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		All our songs are about real people, true events. We do write about DC Comics and things like The Replacements. It's pretty much good conversations that happen at Art Brut shows. It's like making friends - like a Wanted ad: "Man that likes the Replacements and DC Comics wants friends to drink with at venue tonight. Who's coming?" It's like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Argos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In order to overcome the spirit that creates war, mothers must begin in the tender years of childhood to teach children that right must be the foundation of all might, that authority can be exercised without the help of fists. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ellen Key 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Is there any fairness in a system where a group of people can borrow a bunch of money to buy a company and pay themselves millions of dollars in dividends and fees, while the company itself ends up bankrupt and its employees lose their jobs, health insurance and pensions? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				William D. Cohan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Spread good energy. Pay it forward! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brittany Maynard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a viewer, I never want any movie ruined for me, no matter what the genre is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Drew Goddard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach, but in fact, this is what I like to do. It's sort of like my handwriting as a movie director. And somewhere along the way, I think I've made the decision: I'm going to write in my own handwriting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wes Anderson