“I think, 'How could anybody mock a good pop song?' It is timeless; it transcends barriers; it breaks down every single type of social barrier that you can possibly have. It can deal with the most difficult subjects, even if it abstracts the subject matter.” IfsThinkingMatterSongSocialDifficultDealsBreakSubjectsTypePopsBarriersTimelessBreaking DownSubject MatterMockPop SongDifficult Subjects Author:Mika
“My work makes people understand things in a visual way that I could never understand in a literal way - like the way you deal with and break down problems, and don't come up with answers, but [find] a pathway that becomes clearer.” PeopleWayProblemAnswersDealsBreakCome UpVisualsBreaking DownPathwaysLiteral Author:Ali Banisadr
“My stories usually begin with the characters and some elements of how power (personal, political, magical) functions in the world. The rest develops as I write, and research helps a great deal with that. If you're going to write about an agrarian economy, research agrarian economies. If your main character is starving, then you should know what it means for a malnourished body to break down.” IfsKnowsWorldShouldWritingMeanCharacterHelpingStoriesBodyPoliticalDealsBreakEconomyElementsResearchFunctionBreaking DownStarvingMain Characters Author:Leigh Bardugo
“We offer such false hopes to people that every medical problem can be fixed even when you're starting to deal with an 80- or a 90-year-old body that is breaking down in multiple ways and doesn't have that resilience. And so it doesn't surprise me that someone who is completely unprepared for death may say, "Doc, do everything."” PeopleWayYearsMayProblemBodyDealsOffersSurpriseStartingResilienceMedicalFixedMultipleBreaking DownSurprise MeUnpreparedFalse HopeMedical Problems Author:Katy Butler