“Sometimes we come up with something great, but a lot of times it just feels like work.” Sometimes Author:Matt Stone
“It's gut instinct that helps me determine how to write a story. I love the surreal because I am faced with the challenge of making the unbelievable believable. That challenge is thrilling.” WritingHelpingChallengesInstinctDetermineHelp MeGutsUnbelievableSurreal Author:Roxane Gay
“It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard.” KnowsWholeRememberFeltLinesLike YouHonorCamerasMicrophonesDishonorDrippingDripping Water Author:Jim Bakker
“Sex offers incredible narrative opportunities and so many emotions are tied up in sex. Also, I mean, the erotic is always a fun creative space.” MeanOpportunityFunEmotionCreativeIncrediblesTied Up Author:Roxane Gay
“I would like to believe that most people, regardless of gender, are good and kind. The good men in my stories are the rule. It's the bad men that are the exception and because I tend toward the dark in my fiction, you see more of the exception than the rule.” PeopleMenBelieveKindDarkGenderExceptionGood Man Author:Roxane Gay
“When I'm editing my work, I'm looking for everything to fit, to feel seamless, for every detail or line of dialogue or scene to feel necessary and organic. I approach the writing of others in much the same way while always working to preserve the writer's voice. To allow myself to be vulnerable on the page, I tell myself no one is going to read my work. There's no way I could put myself out there otherwise.” WritingFitSceneDialogueVulnerable Author:Roxane Gay
“Knowing that a story needs to be told is a great motivator, even if telling a given story comes at a price. Writing Hunger has been the most difficult writing of my life, and it's the rawest and perhaps most necessary. We'll see how people take it. I always strive to write beyond personal catharsis because though I write first and foremost for myself, I do recognize that I need to look outward as much if not more than I look inward, so the reader has something with which they can engage.” PeopleWritingDifficultStriveHunger Author:Roxane Gay
“The good thing about this Casino Royale thing, that I hope and pray, is that I'll have more opportunities. That roles will come up to me rather than going to the auditions. But I still have a lot of things to prove. I haven't, I think, shown all my talent.” ThinkingOpportunityTalentPrayingProveGood Things Author:Eva Green
“Just trying to get to know what director Bill Condon wanted. He's a great director and knows exactly what he wants. He knew every lyric to every song; knew where a handicap was.” TryingSong Author:Damon Thomas
“We're not just R&B guys. We can do pop, rock, blues . . . a wide variety. We are musicians and play several instruments. We understand how to record things live and work with an orchestra. We can also program with a drum machine and work with all the other computerized components that are current today.” TodayGuyMusicianProgramVariety Author:Damon Thomas