Brandon Mull Quotes
Who is the coolest author ever? Is it the guy who wrote Fablehaven? If not, what’s the matter with you?
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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I went to the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU and wrote and directed a small amount of stuff there.
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A tactic used by authors of virtually every single book I've ever read that propounds a conspiracy theory is to attack an agency as being part of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination, but when this same agency comes up with something favorable to the author's position, the author will cite that same agency as credible support for his argument.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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The best advice I got as a writer was also the first advice, which came from the late fantasy author and editor Karl Edward Wagner: Any agent who charges to look at your work is a crook.
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While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.
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I am the freest author in the world.
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An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.
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Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tricky for the screenwriters because they're worried about upsetting the author.
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I first encountered Bradbury's writing when I was pretty young. He's a great bridge author between young-adult fiction and literature.
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Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on the stage everywhere. Everyone feels that they are represented by him on the stage.
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You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.
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The fact is that at different stages of your life, and under the influence of different inspirations, you write different things. The point is not necessarily to find your voice, which grinds out the same sort of thing again and again, but to find a vehicle for people who are far more important than the author: the characters.
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There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read.
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The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
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Those who truly believe on Jesus Christ are saved from all fear.
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Rules and models destroy genius and art.
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I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, or songs about annoying things that I sing to myself, or to friends while sitting at a bar, or about Christmas or New York.
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Who is the coolest author ever? Is it the guy who wrote Fablehaven? If not, what’s the matter with you?
