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		Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the texture of the play. For a writer, that's thrilling. That's when my pen flies.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Wade 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Doescher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irwin Shaw 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Altman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Beck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Mosley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lafcadio Hearn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kamisese Mara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The View' was so much fun. So much fun because the audience was 85-percent fans that wanted to be there celebrating 'One Life to Live' and the other 15 percent were crew members from 'One Life to Live'. It was just really, really wonderful and the clips were wonderful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kassie DePaiva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Kerrigan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harlan Coben 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Florence King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I worked initially in very low-budget independent films that I often wrote. My early work was all written by myself, and then I adapted 'Tsotsi,' so I was used to the writing process being, in a way, integral to my directing. I felt it really prepared me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Talulah Riley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Wall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at the computer as when I'm walking somewhere after leaving the computer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tao Lin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Coffee is a language in itself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackie Chan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Schneider 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bai Ling