"I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time."

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"Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song."

Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian Composer

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"Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy."

Robert Crumb, American Artist

Time, Boys

"It was always me and the other guy. I came in second for a long time."

Joel Gretsch, American Actor

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"Time management is a big part of the director's job."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

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"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."

Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman

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"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Time, Luck, Now

"Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach."

Aaliyah, American Musician

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"In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements."

Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Leader

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"Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

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"The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains."

Julian Barbour, British Scientist

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"I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read."

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"It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering."

Awareness

"Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience."

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"Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do."

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"I don't have dry seasons, because I don't allow them."

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"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."

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"There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working."

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"Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song."

"Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy."

"It was always me and the other guy. I came in second for a long time."

"Time management is a big part of the director's job."

"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."

"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can."

"Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach."

"In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements."

"Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children."

"The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains."

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"I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read."

"I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre."

"Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck."

"I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice."

"It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering."

"Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience."

"Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do."

"I don't have dry seasons, because I don't allow them."

"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."

"There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working."