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I feel like the guilds are, just to be frank, people I pay money to.
You can only do the best you can in the minute that you're doing it.
You must choose to live by enouragement rather than by expectations.
She remembered me.' This was his worst weakness, his most toxic drug.
I love the idea of fictional worlds kind of all cohering in some way.
Blood may be thicker than water, but friendship is thicker than both.
Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother
The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
To be a standard shape is not all in life. To know is also important.
A successful magazine has to build a myth its readers can believe in.
I'm pretty aggressive, and maybe obnoxious, about trying to get work.
Love is not to be proven or measured...It exists, and that is enough.
Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.
I'm not the world's best mother, though kids always assume I must be.
To love is to be engaged is to work is to be interested is to create.
One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.
One of my fears is not writing. I don't know how to do anything else.
I certainly think we have an emergency in media, and we gotta fix it.
If you are greedy, what is inside you is what makes you always hungry.
He didn't seem to realize that three excuses was as good as no excuse.
She hadn't chosen the brave life. She'd chosen the small, fearful one.
Sometimes you need to make a mess. -Loretta, the Rollinses' hosekeeper
I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up.
Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.
It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.
When one has to ask, "Am I really in love?" the answer is always "No".
Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic.
It's through our unique flaws that our individuality can be expressed.
There was always something new to be seen in the unchanging night sky.
To be entirely at leisure for one day is to be for one day an immortal
Life at its essence boils down to one day at a time. Today is the day!
Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.
I know it's working when I'm writing a book if I'm laughing or crying.
I don't recommend being a bachelor, but it helps if you want to write.
Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.
The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space
Having things taken away from you is not the same as giving them away.
I never go back over something I've done and I never watch them again.
By nature of the job, most actors are striking, remarkable, and alpha.
Once I start writing about somebody, I become very protective of them.
Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.
It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.
No matter how far back you cut a willow tree, it will never really die.
you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.
Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.
Good morning, Dr. Chandra. This is Hal. I am ready for my first lesson.