Karen Traviss Quotes
The art of storytelling is in development, not fact sheets. There are posts you have to hammer into the ground from the start just to get going, but if they don't hold up the house you build, you can change them or take them out.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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For me, for the type of addict I am, when I start getting those swirly thoughts and stuff, and they talk about slippery places, slippery people and slippery things, you know, I need to - I needed to take my cell phone and eliminate all the phone numbers, change the phone numbers so no one I knew before could call me or reach me.
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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
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Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing.
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I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
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When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.
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You don't have to spend much time in Shanghai before you start to get all existential about the meaning of authenticity. Did you know that Shanghai is building nine satellite towns, each designed to mimic the architecture and culture of a different country?
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.
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I moved from a mountain with one traffic light to New York City when I was 17, and it was an amazing, eye opening, creative adventure. I would walk through the streets of Manhattan looking up at these huge buildings, amazed that I didn't know a single person in any of them.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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I was in college in the '60s, and the whole feminist movement had swept me up.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.
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Since the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity.
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When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.
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...when you're in love, all of your doors are open, and all of their doors are open. And you roller-skate down your halls together.
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The art of storytelling is in development, not fact sheets. There are posts you have to hammer into the ground from the start just to get going, but if they don't hold up the house you build, you can change them or take them out.
