“I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure. I shall of course be continuing to write music - in my world it just has to be part of the therapy - and I fully expect to be back in good shape next year.” KnowsWorldWritingYearsFightingCoursesNextBreakFansShapesMy FriendsFellowsCancerCuresTherapyPerformingTreatmentFollowersContinuingTravelerNext YearFighting CancerTaking A BreakFellow Travelers Author:Jon Lord
“When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books.” KnowsWritingBookCoursesWideExpectedRangeLibrarianCorrecting Author:Margaret Mahy
“I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it. And since I know at the start what the last line will be, I know when I've reached that point as logically as I can that it's finished. As for the rewriting-it's not foolproof, of course, but if you're honest about having thought of every possibility and you still come back to what you have, what more can you do?” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingStillsI CanStoriesLastsCoursesLinesHonestPossibilityFinishedRewritingFoolproof Author:Amy Hempel
“You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles.” KnowsLyingCoursesActorsBornHorseMotorcycle Author:William Lucking
“We Greeks want change. We know there are problems in our system. We have great potential but we need to manage our country well. Now that hasn't been done over the last decades. And that is, of course, what we are paying for.” KnowsWantNeedsWellsCountryDoneProblemLastsCoursesDecadesManageOur CountryGreek Author:George Papandreou
“And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could be that it would take me 12 more books at six years each to get it - which means I would have to live to be 126. Which I fully intend to do, of course.” KnowsWritingYearsMeanBookCoursesGivenSixAspirationTake MeAccommodate Author:George Saunders
“There are many different forms of life in the universe and human beings are unaware of most of them. Complex beings inhabit other dimensions. They can be very dangerous when encountered, unless, of course, you know how to handle or avoid them.” KnowsHumansDifferentFormUniverseCoursesHuman BeingsKnow HowDangerousComplexesHandleDimensions Author:Frederick Lenz
“The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it's about and why you're doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising ("but of course that's why he was doing that, and that means that...") and it's magic and wonderful and strange.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingMeanMomentsStoriesCoursesFictionAudienceFireWonderfulMagicStrangePagesObviousCreatorMake SenseBest ThingsThat MomentSurprisingWriting FictionSaying And Doing Author:Neil Gaiman
“I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed to know everyone in the audience.” KnowsCoursesCausesAudienceNo Fear Author:Sissy Spacek
“L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.” KnowsImportantCultureCoursesAttentionToo MuchNew YorkIndustryOfficeBoxesNewspapersArchitectReportersRatingBox OfficeNewspaper Reporters Author:Dylan Walsh
“About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me.” KnowsWritingYearsStoriesCoursesReadingProjectsYears AgoScriptsProducersExhaustedScreenplaysScreenwriters Author:Kerry Washington
“You know a Senate race is obviously a much smaller deal than a presidential race. What I think makes a very hard job considerably easier when you're going to debate is if you have reminded yourself - or somebody has reminded you during the course of your campaign - that consistency is enormously important. That people don't want to hear you say one thing in one part of the state and another thing in another part of the state.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantImportantHardStatesJobsCoursesDealsRaceOne ThingEasierCampaignsDebatePresidentialSenateConsistency Author:Michael Bennet
“If you were just you, you would be happy. But of course, you don't know who or what you are. So how can you possibly be happy? That is why you have got to study Zen...or something.” IfsKnowsInspirationalWould BeCoursesStudyBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to say... that I have, of course.” IfsKnowsTryingStoriesFormCoursesCrimeEntertainment Author:Steig Larsson
“Of course my life has changed because now everybody knows who Felix Baumgartner is.” KnowsCoursesChangedLife Has Changed Author:Felix Baumgartner
“I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSeemsCoursesActorsWonderfulGroupsCornersAwardsOutstandingNominations Author:Morgan Freeman
“I like myself. I think I'm cool. But I think when you're in a band you take on a role within the band, and I think people over the course of years can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don't know. It's kind of hard to talk about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsKindHardCoursesIndividualRolesBandBigger Author:Stone Gossard
“I don't know, I always get the question 'how do you feel after the game today?' and, of course, if you're winning you feel great and if you lose you don't feel good. I think that's a pretty obvious question.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsTodayCoursesGamesWinningLosesObviousFeel Good Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“I don't get upset if people think I'm crazy. If you go to a mental hospital and someone calls you a name, would you get upset? Of course not. Well, that's the way I think about the world. They don't know any better.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayWellsCoursesNamesCrazyUpsetHospitals Author:Jacque Fresco