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I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.
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The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful. But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't have gotten into the messes I did in my personal life.
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For me, the hardest thing in the world is how to start a book.
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I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.
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It used to break my heart that I didn't get to start in varsity soccer!
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When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.
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My dyslexia means I can't read for long periods or the letters start moving around on the page, giving me headaches.
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Go out as far as you can go and start from there.
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I confess, right at the start, to the doubts - and sometimes outright dreads - that go with me as I climb the stairs to my study in the morning, coffee mug in hand: I have to admit to the habitual apprehension mixed with a sort of reverence, as I light the incense . . . and wonder: what is going to happen today? Will anything happen? Will the angel come today?
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I usually start with a title or maybe a little rhyme or phrase.
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When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records were always around to listen to.
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When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses.
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My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.
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What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.
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I have the kind of personality that I always look ahead than look at what's happened. It does help a lot, especially when you've done badly or you've failed. It's instinctive of me that I look at what's next, I look ahead a lot, and start preparing for that, in victory and in defeat.
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Start as early as you can. Make tapes of your characters.
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Start your day in a upward direction, and the rest of the day will follow the uphill path.
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Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.
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My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with.
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It's a start and hopefully we can build off that. But we're capable of more.
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Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around.
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It's huge. And eventually it's going to start extending into the early 30s, as young professionals get into it.
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Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going.
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When I first have an idea, I'll spit-ball it with my husband: he's my beautiful ideas sounding board. I usually have a year deadline from start to finish, so I'll piss about for three months and pretend to get started. Then there's four to six months of actual writing and, after that, submissions, edits, and eventually a finished product.
