“Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.” Quote by Kim Harrison
“Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you want it as a job, treat it like a job, and just as you don't go to work only when you feel like it, you have to condition yourself to sit and write even when the ideas don't flow.” IfsWantFeelsWritingIdeasJobsFallWaitingPerfectConditionsFlowTreatsStrikesMoodTraps Author:Kim Harrison
“I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that way, I was very ill prepared, having only what I read as a guide, and no formal training whatsoever. I credit that very ignorance with a great deal of my success.” WayWritingMightSchoolTurnsDealsAttentionCareersIgnoranceTrainingPreparedIllCreditGuidesFormal Author:Kim Harrison
“I've found that when I'm having trouble solidifying a character or a scene, that music will often free my subconscious just that last little bit to allow me to move forward, and often it's in a direction that I didn't expect, but is 100 percent true to the character.” LittlesCharacterLastsMovingFoundBitsTroubleSceneLittle BitPercentMoving ForwardSubconscious Author:Kim Harrison
“People ask me what I do in my spare time, and I look at them blankly, truly believing that I don't even have spare time, and if I did, I'd probably use it for something mundane, like chipping away at the mound of laundry rising to dangerous proportions in the back room.” PeopleIfsBelieveLooksUseAsksRoomsDangerousAsk MeRisingProportionSparesMundaneLaundrySpare TimeChipping Away Author:Kim Harrison
“There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.” ActorsBreakHavens Author:Kit Harington
“I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.” IfsKnowsFeelsShouldHas BeensIdeasPlayBeautifulFacesCertainHateResponsibilityCareersNiceShould HaveDoctorsI HateShould Have BeenBeing Beautiful Author:Lena Headey
“Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.” SometimesParentColdBizarre Author:Lena Headey
“Nothing I do is by design. It's always the result of a happy accident. I didn't have a career plan. It has just become the way it is. It's all good fun.” WayFunResultsCareersPlansDesignAccidentsGood FunHappy Accidents Author:Lena Headey
“As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.” YearsFoundDifficultTeenagerLots Of Friends Author:Lena Headey
“Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.” KnowsNeedsDoeCultureViolencePersonal Things Author:Lena Headey