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“Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience you desired. Superduper neuropsychologists could stimulate your brain so that you would think and feel you were writing a great novel, or making a friend, or reading an interesting book. All the time you would be floating in a tank, with electrodes attached to your brain. Should you plug into this machine for life, preprogramming your life experiences?...Of course, while in the tank you won't know that you're there; you'll think that it's all actually happening...Would you plug in?”

Source: Anarchy, state, and utopia

“I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.”

Guy Interesting Careers Havens Hats Bad Guys Good Guy

Author:Christopher Lee

“Starting in 98 when I was researching Traffic, I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. And I really valued these guys; I stayed in touch with them, and I find their point-of-view quite interesting.”

People Kind Guy Interesting Views Serious Starting Point Of View Traffic Screenwriters Great Gifts

Author:Stephen Gaghan

“First, there was Confucius. Then, the sayings of Chairman Mao. And now the pithy, ironic, and humorous insights of Ai Weiwei. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection, which reflects a well-developed philosophy as well as a keen understanding of the Chinese Communist system. This is China made easy and interesting.”

Firsts Wells Made Philosophy Reading Easy Understanding Interesting Humorous China Insight Enjoyed Chinese Collections Communist Ironic Chairman Mao Chairman Mao Pithy

Author:Jerome A. Cohen

“Its going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.”

Interesting Deals Artificial Intelligence Artificial Being Cool

Author:Colin Angle

“The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.”

Stories Three Perfect Interesting Minutes Sentences Single Sentence

Author:Malik Bendjelloul

“Groupon has some interesting assets.”

Interesting Assets Some Interesting

Author:Matt Cohler

“I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, I spent a night with interesting people.”

People Want Night Walks Interesting Entertaining

Author:Aby Rosen

“What is interesting to me about Vikings is that they were failed farmers.”

Interesting Farmers Vikings

Author:Roger Avary

“People will be engaged in your work if it is good, interesting or challenging.”

People Ifs Challenges Interesting Engaged

Author:Jillian Mayer

“There's nothing worse than talking about yourself to find out that you're not that interesting.”

Interesting Talking About Yourself Talking About Yourself

Author:Sean Kinney

“When you do a slasher film, you find yourself repeating the same kind of scene, then it becomes not very challenging and not very interesting.”

Kind Film Challenges Interesting Scene Finding Yourself Very Interesting

Author:Alexandre Aja

“Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.”

People Different Character Together Lines Interesting Prison Different Characters

Author:Yael Stone

“Its really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.”

Knows Whole Character Able Interesting Television Theater Really Interesting Arcs

Author:Yael Stone

“I love Spain. It's my favorite country that I've been to and I've traveled quite a bit. I've been really fortunate as an adult to have been to a lot of interesting places like Egypt and China.”

Has Beens Country Bits Interesting Adults My Favorite China Fortunate Traveled Egypt Spain Interesting Places

Author:Bitsie Tulloch

“It's quite an interesting time, the '20s, because the politics of England were changing quite a lot, and the class structure was starting to shift a little.”

Littles Interesting Class England Structure Starting Interesting Times

Author:Julian Ovenden

“The most fun thing about being a writer is that everything is interesting.”

Fun Interesting Fun Things

Author:Rafael Yglesias

“Translator Dlique was saying, very earnestly, “Eggs are so inadequate, don't you think? I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but instead you always get a chicken. Or a duck. Or whatever they're programmed to be. You never get anything interesting, like regret, or the middle of the night last week.”

Thinking Mean Able Lasts Night Interesting Week Middle Regret Ought Eggs Chickens Be You Ducks Inadequate Middle Of The Night Translators

Author:Ann Leckie

“1. Don't be boring. 2. Be able to pass the airport test; be interesting enough to carry on a 3 hour conversation with a stranger. 3. When in doubt, do what you can never do again.”

Enough Able Hours Interesting Doubt Conversation Tests Boring Stranger Airports When In Doubt

Author:Michael Bell

“For being human, we remember and forget. We stray and return, fall down and get up, and cling and let go, again and again. But it is this straying and returning that makes life interesting, this clinging and letting go - damned as it is - that exercises the heart.”

Humans Heart Remember Fall Forget Interesting Return Exercise Letting Go Down And Get Up Again And Again Being Human Falling Down Clinging

Book:The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

Source: The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

“The owl is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. I find that so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. What does he see and what does he know that the rest of the world is missing?”

Knows World Doe Dream Reality Dark Sleep Interesting Missing Creatures Bird Curious Awake Owl

Book:Seduction: A Novel of Suspense

Source: Seduction: A Novel of Suspense

“Don't dwell on your mistakes. Set achievable goals: a confident line, effective use of values, interesting shapes, exciting texture.”

Use Values Goal Lines Interesting Mistake Shapes Exciting Texture

Book:The New Creative Artist

Source: The New Creative Artist

“Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending a PDF and then someone else makes it. It's like instructions for a short story, faxed to every English student who's studying it.”

Stories Interesting Study Students Performers Short Story Instruction Composer Composition Let It Go

Author:Nico Muhly

“Whenever I see interesting names, I jot them down. I've found them in lots of different places: on the news, in the phone book, even on hotel registry lists.”

Book Different Found Names Interesting News Phones Lists Hotel Different Place

Author:Cassandra Clare

“People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can expand that attitude to embrace African-Americans and Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans, then we will be in a position where all our kids can feel comfortable with the worlds they are coming out of, knowing they are part of something larger.”

“I have been extremely proactive in putting myself up for characters that may have been meant to specifically be Caucasian. You bring an interesting angle to the character that isn't written.”

May Has Beens Character Interesting Written Angle Proactive Caucasian

Author:Archie Panjabi

“I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales; and the kind of Baron Munchausen proxy of a tall tale was much more interesting than a true tale.”

Kind Stories Father Interesting Reader Tales Tall Proxy Tall Tales

Author:Damon Lindelof

“Reputation is a very interesting thing, and I always give people the benefit of the doubt, and I think that there's a part of all of us, especially in a generation where a lot of the stuff gets recorded.”

People Thinking Giving Stuff Interesting Doubt Generations Benefits Reputation Very Interesting Interesting Things Benefit Of The Doubt

Author:Damon Lindelof

“The bond between mother and baby is so interesting. Women have been giving birth since the beginning of time, but when it happens to you it feels like a miracle.”

Giving Feels Has Beens Happens Mother Interesting Baby Birth Miracle Giving Birth Mother And Baby

Author:Rachel Weisz

“I think what's interesting about the whole paparazzi thing is that unless you're Brad Pitt or Madonna, you can pretty much avoid it. You know when you're going to an opening that you will be photographed, so that's fine. And you know the restaurants that have paparazzi, so you don't go to them.”

Thinking Knows Whole Interesting Fine Opening Restaurants Paparazzi Brad

Author:Annette Bening

“The mistake many people make when they go to a bespoke tailor is they often think they need to do something special - either an interesting design feature, or a particularly interesting or unique-looking cloth. I say do the opposite. Stick to something really simple, because this will be a suit that you will really want to wear, so start with something very straightforward and you will get an enormous amount of joy wearing it.”

People Thinking Want Needs Joy Simple Interesting Mistake Special Design Amount Unique Opposites Sticks Enormous Suits Features Straightforward Something Special Tailors

Author:Patrick Grant

“Lots of really interesting people move to U.S and decide to work here, because of this whole attitude and openness. I'm absolutely convinced that this is just the beginning. In a couple decades we will see an even more dramatic change.”

People Whole Moving Interesting Attitude Couple Convinced Decades Dramatic Openness Really Interesting Dramatic Change

Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen

“That was an interesting aspect: to go to war with the Church to fight for the very thing that the Church was meant to give to people.”

People Giving War Fighting Church Interesting Aspect

Author:Mark Ruffalo

“I really love doing indie projects, I think the characters that are available in indie games especially, like a lot of the indie games I've done, have been really rich interesting characters for someone of my vocal range.”

Thinking Has Beens Done Character Games Interesting Rich Projects Available Range Vocal Interesting Characters

Author:Ashly Burch

“I guess voice acting is just fun, interesting to say...but it is.”

Fun Voice Interesting Acting Voice Acting

Author:Ashly Burch

“If you actually have to engage with somebody who's superior to you and actually battle with them, struggle with them, I think it's more interesting, and funnier for the audience.”

Ifs Thinking Interesting Audience Struggle Battle Superiors

Author:Peter Capaldi

“I'm so lucky to have worked with Burt Lancaster, who I remember was one of the first people I'd heard swearing in a really interesting way.”

People Way Firsts Remember Interesting Heard Lucky Really Interesting Swearing So Lucky Interesting Ways Lancaster

Author:Peter Capaldi

“Part of what makes music so interesting is the lack of consensus on just about any given topic.”

Given Interesting Topics Consensus

Author:Michael Hersch

“I think anybody who's willing to really sink their teeth into a work like the Hammerklavier, which is a very interesting, different experience, should look instead at something like the Sonata by Paul Dukas, which, in my opinion, is a real marvel.”

Thinking Should Looks Different Real Interesting Opinion Willing Teeth Very Interesting Different Experiences Sonatas

Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin

“Here's what's interesting about women. When it comes to their babies, when it comes to their children, they become these financial warriors like I have never seen before. They will not turn their back on the battlefield.”

Children Turns Interesting Baby Financial Warrior Battlefields

Author:Suze Orman

“The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you've got to really listen hard to somebody who's doing a good melody and a good lyric.”

Stills Country Hard Seems Interesting Gone Pops Melody Pop Music Good Lyric

Author:Barry Manilow

“The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that. But I don't plan the tension. It's just something that should happen.”

Should Character Happens Interesting Plans Tension Most Interesting Interesting Characters

Author:Rachel Weisz

“There are no important differences between men and women, but the unimportant ones are sometimes very interesting.”

Men Important Sometimes Differences Interesting Men And Women Very Interesting Unimportant Differences Between Man And Woman

Author:Ashleigh Brilliant

“In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth. Someone once told me, "Even when building the imperial palace, they always leave one place unfinished." In both Buddhist and Confucian writings of the philosophers of former times, there are also many missing chapters.”

“Everyone wants a definition of creativity that makes what they do into something special and what everyone else does into nothing special. But the fact is, we're all creative. We come up with weird and interesting ideas all the time. The biggest difference between 'creators' isn't their imagination - it's how hard they work. Ideas are easy. Doing stuff is hard.”

Want Doe Ideas Hard Facts Easy Stuff Imagination Differences Interesting Creativity Creative Special Definitions Come Up Creator Something Special Interesting Ideas

Book:Pirate Cinema

Source: Pirate Cinema

“And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents.”

Life Humans Littles Problem Interesting Human Life Complexity Holmes Examining Complexity Of Human

Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

“Once I start writing about something, it goes off rather fast, and sometimes details which might be interesting such as what the room looked like or what somebody said that was not exactly on the same subject tend to get lost.”

Writing Said Sometimes Might Lost Interesting Rooms Subjects Details

Author:Kenneth Koch

“A story should be managed so that it should suggest interesting things to the reader instead of the author's doing all the thinking for him, and setting it before him in black and white.”

Thinking Should Stories Black White Interesting Reader Setting Settings Black And White Interesting Things

Book:The Country of the Pointed Firs: And Selected Short Fiction

Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs: And Selected Short Fiction

“I definitely have a gift for language that is rhythmic and attractive to the ear, and I have interesting [verbal] imagery which I guess is a poetic touch.”

Language Interesting Ears Attractive Poetic Imagery

Author:George Carlin

“You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.”

Needs Character Interesting Creative Juice Creative Juices

Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar

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