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“My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.”

Ifs World Book Character Care Reader Driven Useless Plot

Author:Jeffery Deaver

“Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.”

Writing Stories Wanted Driven Making Money Fulfillment Telling Stories

Author:Ted Dekker

“I have a tremendous passion for fitness, I love challenges and I am a very driven guy.”

Guy Passion Challenges Driven

Author:Lou Ferrigno

“Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth.”

Growth Driven Stressed Stressed Out

Author:Tim Ferriss

“I consider myself a very driven and intense fighter.”

Driven Intense Fighter

Author:Clay Guida

“Businesses can lead with their values and make money, too. You don't have to simply be purely profit-driven. You can integrate social and environmental concerns into a business, be a caring business, be a generous business and still do very well financially.”

Wells Stills Values Social Concern Environmental Profit Caring Driven Making Money Generous Integrating

Author:Jerry Greenfield

“If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.”

Ifs Inspiration Motivation Business Driven Insperational Motivational Business Business World Best Business Inspiring Business

Author:B. C. Forbes

“There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth.”

People Needs Science Motivation Individual Community Creativity Environment Risk Theory Fit Prove Creating Constant Driven Arise Insufficient Creating Something Sync Psych

Author:Gary Taubes

“A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.”

Order Results Business Driven Automobile

Author:B. C. Forbes

“Our criminal institutions are full of creeps like you who do wrong things, and many of them were driven to these crimes by the horrible force called music.”

Law Order Force Crime Like You Institutions Driven Criminals Horrible Creeps Wrong Things

Author:Frank Zappa

“Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters are the automobiles. Others talk about stories that are "plot-driven," as if the plot were neither the highway nor the automobile, but the chauffeur. Others seem to have plot phobia and say they never plot. Still others turn up their noses at the very notion, as if there's something artificial, fraudulent, contrived.”

“For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynist streak is too strong a term - but a dismissiveness.”

Knows Years Strong Felt Term Roles Comedy Crazy Driven Streaks Funny Women

Author:Paul Feig

“I've seen neighborhoods that I would have never driven though because I'm riding my bike, because I'm looking for side roads, looking for maybe more hills or less hills depending if I'm exercising or not. You see a lot more, and you get the flow of a city a lot more.”

Ifs Sides Cities Exercise Flow Driven Hills Neighborhood Riding Bike

Author:Stone Gossard

“The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.”

Desire Periods Profit Driven Moguls

Author:Todd Gitlin

“I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.”

Children Kids Guy Stuff Computer Very Good Driven Checks Farms Ducks Toys Email Hunts Spoiled Only Child Mario New Toys Youngest Child

Author:Garrett Hedlund

“Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.”

Thinking Understanding Party Concern Difficulty Driven Selfish Bunch Tea Racist Fairness Tea Party

Author:Jonathan Haidt

“My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.”

Character Stories Interest Sacrifice Keys Scripts Driven Plot

Author:Lasse Hallstrom

“When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice.”

People Looks Done Values Opportunity Social Enjoy Water Justice Equal Social Justice Driven Radical Reform Theme Consistent Agendas Ireland Dogma Equal Opportunity Northern Ireland

Author:Peter Hain

“The confidence is really driven by the woman - whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending - but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy.”

Country Enough Growth Class Economy Middle Spending Driven Income Finance Earning Asian Asian Countries

Author:Sri Mulyani Indrawati

“Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.”

Song Guitar Driven Aggressive

Author:Gary Clark, Jr.

“The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.”

World Way Heart Has Beens Film Form Culture Television Clothes Driven Locals Traditional Globalization American Music Standardization American Television

Book:Valences of the Dialectic

Source: Valences of the Dialectic

“I am very driven by fame and success; I like to succeed at everything I do.”

Fame Succeed Driven

Author:Jenna Jameson

“We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.”

Crisis Environmental Driven Florida Hurricanes Environmental Change

Author:Natalie Jeremijenko

“A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place.”

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Author:Nick Kroll

“I feel like fans who like old Southern rock and country, and more lyric-driven songs in general, have come to country radio. I think that's why you see country radio growing and albums selling: People are craving a little more of the singer-songwriter stuff going on in country.”

People Thinking Feels Littles Country Song Stuff Growing Fans Rocks Radio Albums Driven Singers Selling Southern Songwriters Craving Singer Songwriters

Author:Charles Kelley

“I'm not driven by being understood.”

Understood Driven

Author:Kary Mullis

“I look for characters who are emotionally driven.”

Looks Character Driven

Author:Stacy Keach

“I'm very career-driven, so my focus and my energy has been into that.”

Has Beens Energy Careers Focus Driven

Author:Stacy Keibler