“I do not begin my novel at the beginning, I do not reach chapter three before I reach chapter four, I do not go dutifully from one page to the next, in consecutive order; no, I pick out a bit here and a bit there, till I have filled all the gaps on paper. This is why I like writing my stories and novels on index cards, numbering them later when the whole set is complete. Every card is rewritten many times.” WritingWholeStoriesOrderThreeNextBitsNovelFourPaperPagesPicksFilledCardsGapsChaptersConsecutive Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“Every singer has three or four or five techniques, and you can force them together in different combinations. Some of the techniques you discard along the way, and pick up others. But you do need them. It's just like anything. You have to know certain things about what you're doing that other people don't know. Singing has to do with techniques and how many you use at the same time. One alone doesn't work. There's no point to going over three. But you might interchange them whenever you feel like it. It's a bit like alchemy.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsFeelsDifferentUseMightTogetherCertainThreeForceBitsFiveFourSingingPicksTechniqueSingersCombinationNo PointAlchemyInterchange Author:Bob Dylan
“I'm a bit obsessive. I've just bought this Wi-Fi radio, which can pick up 7,500 stations from all over the world. I'm boring my wife to death with it. I've got a thing about technology, so I've got four sat-nav systems and loads of gadgets, including a 100% accurate watch. Any new development and I'm there buying it. My best trait is that I'm happy and optimistic.” WorldBitsWatchesTechnologyFourWifeDevelopmentPicksIncludingRadioBoringMy WifeOptimisticSatBuyingStationsTraitsAccurateLoadObsessiveGadgets Author:Tony Blackburn
“It's really hard to find stuff that is original. You pick up scripts and in four pages you know where it's going and the same thing when you are sitting in a theatre, I just rejoice when something unfolds in a way that I'm not conducive.” KnowsWayHardStuffFourPagesPicksSittingOriginalsScriptsTheatreRejoice Author:Susan Sarandon
“Sometimes it's an external approach where one can learn the skills required, let's say, learn to play the trumpet and in that process other things happen. It's magical: through the process of practicing four hours a day you start focusing on emotion and when you pick up the trumpet it's filled with feeling.” SometimesPlayFeelingsHappensProcessHoursEmotionFourSkillsApproachPicksFilledThings HappenTrumpets Author:Richard Gere
“When you do a four-camera sitcom, everything is a little schtickier. It’s not necessarily that you pick up bad habits, but there is just a very specific way of acting that you fall into on those kinds of multicamera shows, and you have to break those habits when you go in to do other things.” WayKindLittlesShowsFallActingBreakFourHabitPicksCamerasSitcomBad Habits Author:Mila Kunis
“Fashion is what you're offered four times a year. Style is what you pick out of that fashion...” YearsAcceptingFourFashionStylePicksSuitsSuits You Author:Lauren Hutton
“Pick a man, any man. Every guy I fall for becomes Jesus Christ within the first twenty four hours.” MenFirstsGuyFallJesusChristHoursFourPicksJesus ChristTwenties Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel
“Training for the Olympics was much easier than balancing my life now! When practice was over, there was time for me. But with four kids and a career, I have no downtime. When I'm not on the road, I finish my workday at 2:30 p.m. Then I pick the kids up from school and they get 100 percent Mommy, not part Mommy and part Mary Lou Retton.” KidsSchoolCareersPracticeFourEasierTrainingPicksPercentMaryOlympicsDowntimeTraining For The Olympics Author:Mary Lou Retton