Kimberly Willis Holt Quotes

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

Kimberly Willis Holt

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• Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Me
  • Wonder
  • Matter

• I love writing songs.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Writing
  • Love
  • Songs

• I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • History
  • Wonder
  • Military

• I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

  

  Vikram Rohit Shetty
  • Writing
  • Love
  • Army

• I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Year

• I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Lyrics

• My hope for this country is that we remain a people who value freedom, who have the courage to face the realities with faithful hearts instead of anxious ones.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • People
  • Country
  • Hope

• In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • People
  • Long
  • History

• I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.

  

  Gary Ross
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Day

• To be more childlike, you don't have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Up
  • Universe
  • Wonder

• Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Man
  • Mad
  • Stupidity

• I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Writing
  • Guy
  • Day

• I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Singing
  • Forever
  • Daily

• I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Writing
  • Game
  • Fear

• I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Joy
  • Sometimes
  • Wonder

• As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change.

  

  Adam Braun
  • Hope
  • Political
  • Change

• I think when you're 17 and you're angry, you're angry about very short-term things. And there's nothing wrong about writing that record. It's a very real record to write; it's the realest record I could write when I was 17. The problem is, when you're 28, it's not the same thing; it can be a put-on.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Writing
  • Real
  • Problem

• Now, being one who lived in the era of Obama, there are so many markers of improvement made. It's hard to be mindful of that, in the same way you're going, 'Oh everything's cool now!' and it isn't. But I try to be mindful of how much of an improvement there has been because that gives hope. You need hope. I need hope!

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Hope
  • Cool
  • Improvement

• I like happy endings in movies. I think life has a happy ending. When it's all said and done, it's all something worthwhile, and I want my movies to reflect that. There are enough things to be sad about. When you pop in a movie, let the message be one that's one of hope.

  

  Jon Favreau
  • Life
  • Done
  • Movie

• Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

  

  John Keats
  • Water
  • Name
  • Writ

• American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.

  

  Alan Greenspan
  • American

• I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up
  • Want
  • Pain

• How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.

  

  Robin Gibb Bee Gees
  • People
  • Men
  • Wife

• I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

  

  Kimberly Willis Holt
  • Writing
  • Hope
  • Wonder