Esther M. Friesner Quotes
I didn’t know you could waste a whole day over dressmaking. The next morning I learned that you can waste another day over the same stupid dresses.
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Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
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One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age.
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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
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In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision.
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In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act.
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I haven't done an international film for a long time.
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There is a standard joke in the family. Probably we should go into selling second-hand shoes.
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The only problem I have with computers and television is that when all cultures on earth reach the stage we are at it will lead to a kind of homogenization.
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Tariq (meeting Laila after ten years): It's good to see you, Laila.
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It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. It is clear also that thought is not free if all the arguments on one side of a controversy are perpetually presented as attractively as possible, while the arguments on the other side can only be discovered by diligent search.
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... deshalb ich diese als die Metaphysik des Volkes bezeichnet habe.
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Cuts of clothes and shapes of clothes are really important.
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Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in, probably late, to your editor.
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If you're a caretaker, who are you when there's no one else to take care of?
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He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others:So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
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It sounds really stupid, I hate making cosmic comments like this but, I just let it do what it wants to do.
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The linear 'Take - Make - Dispose' system, which depletes natural resources and generates waste, is deeply flawed and can be productively replaced by a restorative model in which waste does not exist as such but is only food for the next cycle.
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She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know.
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I didn’t know you could waste a whole day over dressmaking. The next morning I learned that you can waste another day over the same stupid dresses.
