“It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.” Quote by Lisa Kleypas
“Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.” WritingFirstsLongCharacterNovelImagineCreatingPagesLong TimeAngryBackgroundsFearful Author:Lisa Kleypas
“I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.” WritingImportantDesirePassionQualityTaughtTechniqueNovelistsRelentless Author:Lisa Kleypas
“Golf is like 99.9 percent of my life, and then there's school. I don't get much time to go out with my friends.” SchoolPercentMy FriendsGolf Author:Lydia Ko
“I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.” I CanUsedMediaSpeechNervousHopefully Author:Lydia Ko
“I'm a holy man minus the holiness.” MenLiteratureHolyHolinessMinusHoly Man Book:A Passage to India Source: A Passage to India
“I'd love to go out on a Saturday night with my friends and watch a movie, but that happens really like once a year or a couple of times.” YearsHappensNightWatchesCoupleMy FriendsSaturdaySaturday Night Author:Lydia Ko
“It's never easy playing 36 holes when you are concentrating so much for all the shots.” EasyShotsHolesConcentrating Author:Lydia Ko
“A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.” ShouldChanceFeetNerves Author:Lydia Ko
“Before, I was like 'Oh my God, I have to do this media, this media and this media,' but now I've learned these are stages you need to go through. If you play really good golf, you're going to get more media attention and more interest in you, and you'll get more confident handling it.” IfsNeedsPlayInterestAttentionStageMediaGolfI've LearnedGood Golf Author:Lydia Ko
“Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSaidTwoPlayParentDadSpeechGolfMy DadClubsCoachesUnclesAuntAunts And Uncles Author:Lydia Ko