“I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.” WantGivingDoeHas BeensCasesCoupleFunctionGive MeKicksAwardsRealisedGrapesSourSour Grapes Author:Emraan Hashmi
“Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes I could say anything and it would get a laugh. Then I'd better deliver. In the movie it's the same thing. You get a lot of laughs when people first sit down and then the story better kick in. Many years in front of an audience, I would hope, give me a sense of what works.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsStoriesAudienceLaughingMinutesFrontsGive MeDown AndInstinctKicksEditingSay Anything Author:Steve Martin
“Give me a thrill, says the reader, Give me a kick; I don't care how you succeed, or What subject you pick.” GivingCareReadingSubjectsReaderSucceedPicksGive MeDon't CareI Don't CareKicksThrill Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick.” PeopleGivingLooksMadeI CanStuffMistakeGive MeKicks Author:Paul Kane
“Reading a good poem can give me a far bigger kick than a novel. But it's not something I can keep doing. It would be like shooting up 10 times a day.” GivingI CanWould BeReadingNovelBiggerGive MeShootingKicksShooting Up Author:Stephen Dobyns
“Adrenaline kicks you in when you’re starving. That’s what nobody understands. Except for being hungry and cold, most of the time I feel like I can do anything. It gives me superhuman powers of smell and hearing. I can see what people are thinking, stay two steps ahead of them. I do enough homework to stay off the radar. Every night I climb thousands of steps into the sky to make me so exhausted that when I fall into bed, I don’t notice Cassie. Then suddenly it’s morning and I leap on the hamster wheel and it starts all over again.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsI CanTwoEnoughNightFallCan DoStepsMorningSkyColdBedGive MeHearingSmellHungryKicksWheelsClimbsLeapEvery NightExhaustedStarvingHomeworkAdrenalineRadarSuperhumanHamstersSuperhuman PowersHamster Wheel Author:Laurie Halse Anderson