“Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter and require more topical material than they had been giving them before that. For one thing, they'll read thicker books. Besides, has anybody looked at the news or read the newspapers recently?” GivingBookOne ThingMaterialsPeriodsNewsNewspapersTeenagerSmarterPublishersTime Periods Author:Tamora Pierce
“One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!” DesireOne ThingPeriodsExtremesFuturist Author:Lea Thompson
“I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.” MatterBigsDarkOne ThingPeriodsLowsGood WillUps & Downs Author:Darren Aronofsky
“We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still. Lovers, farmers, and artists have one thing in common, at least - a fear of 'dry spells,' dormant periods in which we do no blooming, internal droughts only the waters of imagination and psychic release can civilize.” StillsArtistWaterImaginationCommonOne ThingDangerousLoversPeriodsRiversReleaseDryInternalsSpellsFarmersPsychicsCarelessDroughtDormantBlooming Book:The solace of open spaces Source: The solace of open spaces
“Whenever you do any one thing intensely over a period of time you have to give up other lives you could be living. You have to have a real single-minded kind of tunnel vision if you want to get anything significant accomplished. Especially if the desire is not to be a businessman, but to be a creative person.” IfsWantGivingKindPersonsRealDesireVisionCreativeOne ThingPeriodsGiving UpInvestingSignificantAccomplishedBusinessmanTunnelsCreative PersonTunnel Vision Author:Steve Jobs
“I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the one thing I can always count on to calm me down, take me away and inspire me, all at once.” I CanBookOne ThingInspirePeriodsCalmBoxesMagazinesTake MeCerealLove To ReadTake Me Away Author:Sarah Dessen
“The one thing that does happen, every time, though, is that I never get to write a book until I've already been thinking about it for a period of months to years.” ThinkingWritingYearsDoeBookHappensOne ThingMonthsPeriods Author:Charles Stross
“Oh yes, the Klitschkos. They got to learn how to fight. Period. But I'll tell you one thing - they're great human specimens. And I'd be happy to be able to work with them. If they chose to work with me. They had an opportunity when they got free of Peter Kohl - they didn't come to me. You know, I'm with who's with me. And I really don't care what fighter it is. I would be happy to promote them..Who could beat Vitali? Rahman could beat Vitali. His style is suited to beat Vitali.” IfsKnowsHumansWould BeCareAbleFightingOpportunityOne ThingStylePeriodsBeatsDon't CareFighterPeter Author:Don King
“I'm pretty hardcore. I stick exactly to what I'm doing. So I write a novel in one period, and then I'll write stories in another period. I only work on one thing at once, because I'm afraid that I wouldn't finish what I'd started.” WritingStoriesNovelOne ThingPeriodsSticksHardcore Author:T.C. Boyle
“I have great respect for Sean Penn. It's like most relationships that fail. It's not one thing, it's many thing that go on over a period of time.” FailingOne ThingGoes OnPeriodsSeanGreat Respect Author:Madonna Ciccone