Ted Chiang Quotes
I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction.
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don't know what it is. Is there something there or not?
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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I have lots and lots of party clothes. I mean real party clothes.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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The E.U. intends to be one of the biggest humanitarian donors on the Syrian crisis.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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Hills are speedwork in disguise.
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When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.
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Writing is the greatest thing about really good sitcoms.
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There's one thing which I hate about color films... people who use up a lot of their despairing producer's money by working in the laboratory to bring out the dominant hues, or to make color films where there isn't any color.
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I can only cook brown rice and vegetables, so I don't get too many people coming over for dinner parties or anything.
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I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction.
