Carole Maso Quotes
One of the strangest things about writing well is that it requires two different zones in the brain - rigor and recklessness - simultaneously.
Quotes to Explore
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.
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'Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.
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I am putting every effort toward creating my works from morning till night on every single day.
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I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.
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Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates.
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I don't feel that I have to prove anything to anyone as far as what I've done in fighting.
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My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.
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It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.
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We will play football. We will box and play lacrosse and ice hockey and snowboard and surf and drive fast cars, climb trees, and do dozens of things that we know are potentially concussive. We will do this because we are human and animals, and we like speed and contact and aggressive maneuvering and all such things.
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I was a little chubby kid that no girls ever talked to. I had little chance of becoming an internationally known rock star. Music was my escape and my belief system.
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In my sobriety, I have discovered that the people I love, and who hurt me, were sick like me.
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One of my biggest regrets ever was not taking the time to go to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. That is a big regret of mine. I should have figured out a way.
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I like Chris Christie. I like Jeb Bush. I like those guys.
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Writing is just always hard for me. It always feels like drawing blood. It's never particularly easy.
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I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there are writers that do that, but I'm too single-minded. I can't stand to be interrupted, whether I'm writing a story or dressing a child.
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The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and don't see the connection there, and I've always felt like you're more able to communicate if you have a bigger toolbox to work with.
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The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
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I try to understand the rules and follow them. And I try to make sure that I'm disclosing my obligations.
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One of the strangest things about writing well is that it requires two different zones in the brain - rigor and recklessness - simultaneously.
