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“Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.”

People Giving Different Would Be Literature Interesting Written Childhood Window Motherhood Different Peoples Really Interesting

Author:Natalie Merchant

“One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.”

Giving Trying Actors Interesting Directors Performers Observers Small Things Really Interesting

Author:Janet Suzman

“I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Reality Language Interesting Math Physics Compelling Scenarios Really Cool Entry Disconnected

Author:Randall Munroe

“If you're writing about a character, if he's a powerful character, unless you give him vulnerability I don't think he'll be as interesting to the reader.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Writing Character Interesting Powerful Reader Vulnerability

Book:Stan Lee's Chakra The Invincible Free Comic Book Day Special 2015

Source: Stan Lee's Chakra The Invincible Free Comic Book Day Special 2015

“Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy.”

Giving Play Interesting Give Me Something Interesting

Author:Morgan Freeman

“Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed from the usual entertainment. I think it's important to give the opportunity to people to witness the life of somebody who was not public.”

People Thinking Giving Important Sometimes Used Opportunity Interesting Seeing Entertainment Witness Ingredients Usual

Author:Michel Gondry

“Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic needs; Affection enough to like many and love a few; Self-respect enough to love yourself; Charity enough to give to others in need; Courage enough to face difficulties; Creativity enough to solve problems; Humor enough to laugh at will; Hope enough to expect an interesting tomorrow; Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have; Health enough to enjoy life for all its worth.”

“It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course of hundreds of pages without any sort of payoff. That's why writing isn't a one-way street. You have to give something back: an interesting plot, a surprise, a laugh, a moment of tenderness, a mystery for the reader to piece together.”

Way Want Giving Writing Littles Moments Together Courses Interesting Laughing Pieces Mystery Streets Reader Pages Surprise Insight Observation One Way Plot Tenderness Payoff

Author:Christopher Bollen

“No theoretician, no writer on art, however interesting he or she might be, could be as interesting as Picasso. A good writer on art may give you an insight to Picasso, but, after all, Picasso was there first.”

Giving Firsts May Art Might Interesting Masters Insight Good Writers

Book:Hockney on photography: conversations with Paul Joyce

Source: Hockney on photography: conversations with Paul Joyce

“Women's eyes are rapid in detecting a heart which is ill at ease with itself, and, knowing the value of sympathy, and finding their own greatest happiness not in receiving it, but in giving it, with them to be unhappy is at once to be interesting.”

Giving Heart Eye Values Interesting Knowing Findings Ill Unhappy Ease Receiving Rapids

Book:The nemesis of faith: or, The history of Markham Sutherland

Source: The nemesis of faith: or, The history of Markham Sutherland