"In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home."

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"In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home."

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"I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging with thick biographies and the black leather chair that kept me just uncomfortable enough to keep from feeling sleepy as I read."

John Green, American Author

Home, Memory, Comfort, Life

"To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home."

Lesley Garrett, English Musician

Home, Truth, Opera

"More Americans own their home than ever before. Nearly 70 percent of American's are homeowners. So it is a good time for us to asses the positive impacts of homeownership on families, communities and on the nation's economy."

Randy Neugebauer, American Politician

Home, Time, Positive

"If someone knew equally as much about the ins and outs of your home, it would not be your home."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Home, Privacy, Identity, Trust

"The heart of the home beats in the kitchen and a healthy one beats three times a day."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Home, Heart, Kitchen, Health

"Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect."

Alan Moore, British Writer

Home, Intellect

"To a homeless man, home is literally where the heart is."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Home, Truth, Emotion, Homelessness

"There's nothing like a good cheating song to make me want to run home to be with my wife."

Steven Curtis Chapman, American Musician

Home, Wife, Cheating, Nothing

"If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again."

Will Carleton, American Poet

Home, Earth, Heaven

"The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it."

James Thurber, American Comedian

Home, Success, Quality, Comedy

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"The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?"

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"The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or the Masters of Evil. I don't believe any character believes their goals to be truly evil."

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"There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed."

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"I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips."

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"Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title."

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"I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point."

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"I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core."

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"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."

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