Rick Bragg Quotes
There are these boutique writers out there who think if they are not writing their novels sitting at a bistro with their laptops, then they're not real writers. That's ridiculous.Rick Bragg
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My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.
Nathan Fillion -
Writers are not meant for action.
Manuel Puig -
I'm a jeans fanatic. It's ridiculous how many jeans I have.
Victoria Justice -
I love 'Glee' so much. It just works - it's on the edge of ridiculous.
Adam Garcia -
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
Tanith Lee -
I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
Maeve Binchy
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
Oscar Wilde -
The NCAA makes so much money off of their kids, and they put ridiculous - absolutely ridiculous - restrictions on everything that they can do.
Aaron Rodgers -
There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.
Len Wein -
It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.
Len Wein -
When, you know, I'm busy and Nancy Pelosi is busy with our mop cleaning up somebody else's mess - we don't want somebody sitting back saying, you're not holding the mop the right way. Why don't you grab a mop, why don't you help clean up. You're not mopping fast enough. That's a socialist mop. Grab a mop - let's get to work.
Barack Obama -
The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.
Walt Disney
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I think it's ridiculous that you need to look a certain way to be conventionally pretty.
Kristen Stewart -
YouTube is a new experience for me-someone threw a laptop in front of me and showed me Nic Cage going mad, which has got to be the funniest thing on YouTube. He's so courageous.
Val Kilmer -
Loafing is the most productive part of a writer's life.
James Norman Hall -
Were to ask whether the writers recommend visiting Mexico City, the response would be both firm and passionate: “Yes, of course.” Because this is the best city on the planet, in spite of itself.
Paco Ignacio Taibo II -
It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer.
Virginia Woolf -
Poets and writers who are in love with the superlative all want to do more than they can.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Fear of failure is the reason most often cited to explain why so many aspiring writers never realize their dreams. But I think it’s that same fear of failure that absolutely invigorates those who do push through-that is, the fear of not being heard.
Betsy Lerner -
It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us.
George H. White -
There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.
Norah Vincent -
There are these boutique writers out there who think if they are not writing their novels sitting at a bistro with their laptops, then they're not real writers. That's ridiculous.
Rick Bragg