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"What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has."
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"Along a series of lines running from longer to shorter wavelengths the effect of the electric field becomes greater as the serial numbers increase - that is, as the wavelength decreases."
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"Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect."
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"In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not always coincide with that which we occupy in thinking of its whole dramatic effect."
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"Nowadays, however, we recognize that simultaneously with the typical case of a chemical reaction a typical case of catalytic effect had been studied which constitutes a limiting case."
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"It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect it has on the businesses in that area - It's the future I think."
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"It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not in the amount of, say, six degrees warming, but it's likely that we'll get two to three degrees warming and that will be serious enough."
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"The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours."
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"Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record."
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"I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit."
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"The Emmy will have no effect on me, from the standpoint that you've still got to wash your bowl after breakfast."
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"It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision."
Food
"You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end."
Beginning
"In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you."
Work
"Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback."
Thought
"What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has."
Effect
"A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not."
Work
"Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could."
God
"Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes."
Art
"The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?"
Character
"I would like immortality."
Immortality
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