Francesca Lia Block Quotes
Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love.
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me.
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There's a spirit of Latina women in all of my work, in the love of the body and the strong sense of self.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.
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I knew how to read a contract by 10 years old, but I didn't know what it meant for somebody to come in and tell me they loved me and kiss me goodnight. That's a problem.
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When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.
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Bring love with you every place you go.
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I love stand up and it keeps me grounded, to say the stuff I have been thinking without anyone changing it.
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Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love.
