Nelson W. Aldrich Quotes
Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . .I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.Nelson W. Aldrich
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For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
Bahman Ghobadi -
Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
Wallace Shawn -
I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
Maajid Nawaz -
Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.
Dan Hill -
Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
F. Sionil Jose -
I am fighting my natural body shape to do what I do.
Victoria Pendleton
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
Nate Holland -
My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
Sade Adu -
I'd love to drive a Bugatti - something totally ridiculous but super fast.
Rachel Nichols -
I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
Frances McDormand -
It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
Victoria Pratt -
The mind is the effect, not the cause.
Daniel Dennett
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
Jack Vance -
I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
Dan Simmons -
I like retirement.
Barry Sanders -
Amazon is such a big player in publishing, but a lot of authors feel this connection to their publishing house and their editors who helped them get their books out there, so their loyalties tend to go that way.
Edan Lepucki -
The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.
Wendell Berry -
I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.
Walter Jon Williams
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I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. I'd been in the film 'Breaking and Entering' - Anthony Minghella gave me my start and I miss him dearly. Then I made the trip out to L.A., during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing 'Gossip Girl,' and I auditioned, and things came together.
Ed Westwick -
Photography is nature seen from the eyes outwards. Painting is nature seen from the eyes inwards.
Charles Sheeler -
There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.
Salma Hayek -
Laying out grounds... may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.... it is to assist Nature in moving the affections... the affections of those who have the deepest perception of the beauty of Nature.
William Wordsworth -
Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . .I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.
Nelson W. Aldrich