“The moment when the finished book or, better yet, a tightly packed carton of finished books arrives on my doorstep is the moment of truth, of culmination; its bliss lasts as much as five minutes, until the first typographical error or production flaw is noticed.” FirstsBookMomentsLastsFiveMinutesErrorsProductionsFinishedBlissFlawsFive MinutesDoorstepCulminationMoment Of Truth Book:More Matter: Essays And Criticism Source: More Matter: Essays And Criticism
“A New York doctor has finished a five year study on what smells have the biggest effect on New Yorkers. The smell New Yorkers like the most: vanilla. The smell New Yorkers like the least: New Jersey.” YearsStudyFiveEffectsNew YorkDoctorsSmellFinishedFive YearsJerseyNew YorkersNew JerseyVanilla Author:Jay Leno
“I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see if I could still type - I hadn't done it for four or five years after the war. So I typed out a page and I showed it to my wife and she said, "Where did you get this?" I said I wrote it. "You wrote this?" It was something very funny. I went and wrote another page, another couple of pages, and by the time I was finished I had 13 little short stories, humorous short stories.” IfsYearsLittlesSaidStillsWarDoneStoriesFiveFourWifeTypeCoupleOne DayPagesHumorousArmyMy WifeFinishedFive YearsIf I CouldShort StoryOperators Author:Carl Reiner
“When the picture was finished, they took me into the sound room and then I screamed more for about five minutes just steady screaming, and then they'd cut that in and add it.” SoundRoomsFiveCuttingMinutesAddFinishedSteadyFive Minutes Author:Fay Wray
“You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you dont have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when youve finished, nothings changed. Youve still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.” IfsTryingStillsFightingLostCan DoLosesRoomsBreakFiveChangedFinishedNegativityThings ChangeLockersLocker RoomTry Your Best Author:Rafael Nadal
“I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over.” HeartI CanFiveMinutesAngryFinishedFive Minutes Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week.” WritingYearsStillsBookJobsNextFiveWeekEarsFinishedFive YearsFogNext WeekDay Jobs Author:Ken Thompson
“I'm sort of an 'automatic' writer. I'm not much for chiseling away at songs or working at them for days trying to make them perfect. If I can sit down and write something in five minutes, then that's great. And if that doesn't happen, then either it doesn't get finished or else it's usually not any good.” IfsWritingTryingI CanHappensSongPerfectFiveMinutesDown AndFinishedFive Minutes Author:Leon Russell