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		When I'm in full-on writing mode and have the day, I try to get in my office around 10 A.M. and stop once 'Judge Judy' comes on at 4, when I quit and come down. Sometimes, I leave her on while I edit - if she can make the tough calls, then so can I.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kevin Young 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness. It's hard to see someone with a 'perfect' body and be like, 'Why can't I be like her?' But that person was born to be who she is, and you're born to be who you are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sabrina Carpenter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Dormer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Beck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write it. I have complete control over what I'm doing. Writing a novel is like setting out on a journey without knowing who or what I'll encounter, how long it's going to take, or where I'm going to end up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tawni O'Dell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Raimi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Carter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Raney Aronson-Rath 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Owen Hart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you want to get an email to Robert Redford, you send it to his assistant, and she prints it out. And then he will write you a letter, which is incredibly rare and incredibly classy. Unfortunately, I can't be that removed from technology. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Sheridan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day, so their craft is really sharp, and it's the best songwriters who consistently get on the radio. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kara DioGuardi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orhan Pamuk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I write in pen because it works. A fountain pen is no good for writing in the way I do because I'd have to decide, each time I stopped, how long I was likely to stop for in order to know whether or not to put the cap on. But I never know. So instead, I use a ballpoint - a Montblanc, to be precise - the most comfortably balanced pen I've ever found. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Philip Pullman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A scientist is only a human being, a particle in the whole universe. How can the observations and logic of a particle measure the life and size of a phenomenon that is limitless? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm in full-on writing mode and have the day, I try to get in my office around 10 A.M. and stop once 'Judge Judy' comes on at 4, when I quit and come down. Sometimes, I leave her on while I edit - if she can make the tough calls, then so can I. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kevin Young