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Quote by Homer Hickam

“Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants to enjoy the book but also, as a writer, noticing the techniques that the writer uses and especially the ones that make you want to turn the page to see what happened.”

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Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam is an American author best known for his memoir 'October Sky,' which tells the story of his own life experiences. The book, based on his childhood in a small Kentucky village, recounts his passion for rocketry and his eventual journey to becoming an engineer at NASA. The work has inspired many young people to pursue their dreams and has contributed to the popularization of rocket science knowledge among the public. more

“If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."”

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Author:Jake M. Johnson

“We didn't make money but we never lost money. We'd sit around Times Square with fliers, walk around the Village and try and get people to come. Now you'd just tweet it, but that was the beginning of emails, or the beginning of me doing emails - I'm sure there were people in 1986 who were doing emails.”

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Author:Jake M. Johnson

“We tried to do a show once every three weeks to a month. We'd always do a new show. It was not successful. It did not become the Matt & Ben show, but it taught me what I like to do as an actor and what I like to do comedically.”

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Author:Jake M. Johnson

“Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little to no singing....let the song do the work.”

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Author:Shelby Lynne

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