Kevin Wilson Quotes
I don't know if it's good or bad, but when I first started writing I imitated the narrative thrust of a movie. And as I worked, I learned what you can do in fiction that you can't do in movies, and vice-versa.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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My sister married an American and took his name, and my brother has shortened Sayrafiezadeh to Sayraf. So now he's Jacob Sayraf, or sometimes Jake Sayraf. He made the change when he was a teenager, prior to the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. So I don't think it was motivated by any anti-Iranian sentiment in the United States.
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.
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Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.
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I can't speak on behalf of the show. I'm not a creator; I'm just a pawn.
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I wanted to see if I could write a good book.
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Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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Once I got to college, it seemed that the Hamptons were a little bit too posh for me and didn't represent the kind of values I was embracing in my late teens. So, I didn't go out there, except to visit my parents, for a long time. And then, after 9/11, I discovered it was a nice, mellow place to hang out.
Colson Whitehead -
I don't know if it's good or bad, but when I first started writing I imitated the narrative thrust of a movie. And as I worked, I learned what you can do in fiction that you can't do in movies, and vice-versa.
