Marcus Sakey Quotes
The first job of a storyteller is to make the reader feel the story, to get the reader to live in the skin of the character.
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
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Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I think I've slayed my long jump demons.
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There should be a policy to have a mechanism in place to decide when and how to import or export.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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I eat tons of green veggies to keep my PH balance in check.
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I live - I live a highly scheduled life. There's absolutely no time wasted. I'm very focused. And I have a great assistant.
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I do not want to be sheriff of Hillsborough County, seriously.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life.
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Bruce Lee has always been a hero of mine, and the choreography in 'Enter The Dragon' is amazing.
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The black community sees itself as one group, and they are all experiencing the same experiences as a group with racism and whatnot, growing up in this country.
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Boxers, man, except when I have to get dressed up. Then it's boxer-briefs. But never tighty-whities. Never. But dude! If they brought back Underoos? Dude, if they brought back Underoos, I would rock the Underoos. Like He-Man and Transformers and G.I. Joe and even like Dukes of Hazzard.
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Here’s the million-dollar question: how are you going to write this book if you’re afraid to start writing? Give your friend Doubt a name, and then block his calls.
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The first job of a storyteller is to make the reader feel the story, to get the reader to live in the skin of the character.
