“That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years.” YearsProcessOne ThingGoes OnCommitmentFrustrating Author:Thomas Lennon
“My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your mother for one day?" I then take it from there. Each book takes several months in the long process of writing, rewriting, writing, rewriting, and each has its own set of problems. The one thing I dislike about the writing process is the sometimes-loneliness of it all. Readers only get to see the glamour part of a bound book, not some of the agonizing moments one has while constructing it.” IfsWritingLongBookSometimesMomentsProblemMotherProcessPrinciplesOne ThingLonelinessMonthsReaderOne DayBoundsInvisibleWhat IfDislikeWriting ProcessGlamourRewritingAgonizing Author:Mary Rodgers
“One thing about school - I always had this attitude that I was in school to learn, and attempted to do whatever was involved in that process, while school had this attitude that I was there to earn grades, which I couldn't care less about. Unsurprisingly, my grades weren't very good.” CareSchoolProcessAttitudeOne ThingInvolvedVery GoodGradesGrades In School Author:Bram Cohen
“Often I have found that the one thing that can save is the thing which appears most to threaten ... one has to go down into what one most fears and in that process ... comes a saving flicker of light and energy that, even if it does not produce the courage of a hero, at any rate enables a trembling mortal to take one step further.” IfsDoeLightFoundEnergyProcessStepsOne ThingProduceHeroRateSavingMortalsTremblingFlicker Book:Feather Fall: An Anthology Source: Feather Fall: An Anthology
“If I'm writing a story and you're reading it, or vice versa, you took time out of your day to pick up my book. I think the one thing that will kill that relationship is if you feel me condescending to you in the process.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingBookStoriesReadingProcessOne ThingPicksVicesVice VersaCondescending Author:George Saunders
“To regard the successful experiences which ensue from a belief as a criterion of its truth is one thing--and a thing that is sometimes bad and sometimes good--but to assume that truth itself consists in the process by which it is verified is a different thing and always bad.” DifferentSometimesTruthBeliefProcessSuccessfulOne ThingTruth IsRegardAssumingDifferent ThingsCriteria Author:William Pepperell Montague
“One thing that I don't think I do is play characters. Once you start claiming that you can do something that you're not, you're crazy. I think scripts can really surprise you. You go, "Wow, I did not know that that response could come from me. I did not know that I had that in me." And so, the process of making the movie is just finding that and digging a little deeper.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesPlayCharacterProcessCan DoOne ThingCrazyFindingsSurpriseResponseScriptsDeeperWowDiggingCan Do Something Author:Kristen Stewart
“Education is a process by which the individual is developed into something better than he would have been without it. ... The very though seems in a way the height of presumption. For one thing, it involves the premise that some human beings can be better than others.” WayHumansHas BeensSeemsIndividualProcessHuman BeingsOne ThingHeightPremisesSomething BetterPresumption Book:Life Without Prejudice: And Other Essays Source: Life Without Prejudice: And Other Essays
“Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.” MenKindWholeYoungHateProcessOne ThingI HateCoachesYoung ManThings I Hate Author:Bear Bryant
“In the sex education process in schools, the one thing that they teach about is how to get pregnant and how to not get pregnant. But they don't really talk about sex as a point of pleasure for women.” SchoolSexProcessPleasureTeachOne ThingPregnantSex Education Author:Ashton Kutcher
“The one thing that I realize - well, not the one thing, but it was a big thing - having in my head that I need to get healthier. It's been a very gradual process for me.” NeedsWellsBigsProcessRealizingOne ThingBig Things Author:Octavia Spencer
“One thing that's been a great, uplifting experience through all this is, since the first "Pirates" [movie], the people who've gone to see the films, the audience members. You meet people on the street - whether they're 5, 25, 65 or 85 - they've all had the same experience, and they've all enjoyed it. So that's what keeps me moving forward in this crazy process.” PeopleFirstsFilmMovingProcessAudienceGoneOne ThingCrazyStreetsMembersMoving ForwardUpliftingEnjoyedPirate Author:Johnny Depp
“The process for writing a picture book is completely different from the process of writing a chapter book or novel. For one thing, most of my picture books rhyme. Also, when I write a picture book I'm always thinking about the role the pictures will play in the telling of the story. It can take me several months to write a picture book, but it takes me several years to write a novel.” ThinkingWritingYearsBookDifferentPlayStoriesProcessRolesNovelOne ThingMonthsTake MeChaptersRhymeAlways ThinkingPicture Books Author:Sarah Weeks
“One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and reading, we can discuss topics that are a little touchy, a bit embarrassing, and feel less alone in the process. Feeling consumed by memories from high school. Feeling wimpy. Feeling time-obsessed. Yearning for our fathers. Wishing we were taller, or shorter, or less average. To name just a few.” FeelsWritingLittlesFeelingsSchoolReadingFatherOpportunityNamesWishBitsProcessMemoriesWonderfulOne ThingReaderHigh SchoolAverageObsessedPrivacyYearningTopicsEmbarrassingConsumedOur FatherWriting And ReadingConfidentialTouchy Author:Ralph Keyes
“And so you try your best. Sometimes you go in with one thing, with one desire and come out with something else. In the case of 'The Aviator' it was to create a Hollywood spectacle, but by about the second or third week of shooting you just want to literally survive it. Because don't forget, I also go through the editing process too, and when the film is released I have to talk about it. So, I take all of that very seriously.” WantTryingSometimesFilmDesireProcessForgetCasesOne ThingWeekHollywoodThirdsShootingEditingAviatorTry Your Best Author:Martin Scorsese
“There is so much about the process of writing that is mysterious to me, but this one thing I've found to be true: writing begets writing.” WritingFoundProcessOne ThingBeing TrueMysteriousBegets Author:Dorianne Laux
“One thing is certain, whatever choices we make: we will not miss out on some critical purgation by seeking treatment for depression or any other form of physical suffering. If we are ripe for what the dark night brings, God will find a way to bring the process to fruition no matter how hard we try to avoid it.” IfsWayTryingMatterHardFormNightCertainSufferingChoicesProcessDarkOne ThingMissingSeekingCriticalGods WillTreatmentRipeDark NightFruition Author:Tim Farrington
“The editing process, for me, is both the most fun and the most frustrating. It's the most fun because you get to see it actually piece together. But if one thing is off, it can be frustrating trying to figure out exactly what it is that's bumping you, so you try a hundred different things.” IfsTryingDifferentTogetherFunProcessPiecesOne ThingFiguresHundredDifferent ThingsEditingFrustrating Author:Scott Foley
“Love takes time. It's a process not a goal. Love is something that needs to be nurtured. But if there is one thing I urge you to start immediately it's focus on bringing out the best in each person on your team. When you love someone you want the best for him. You want him to shine. And the best way to do this is to help him discover the value inside him.” IfsWayWantNeedsPersonsHelpingValuesProcessGoalLove IsFocusOne ThingTeamShiningBest WayUrgesTake TimeLove SomeoneWant HimWhen You Love SomeoneBringing Out The BestLove Takes Time Author:Jon Gordon
“I used the Internet to keep really close contact with my fans. I think that one thing I brought over the ocean with me was the connection with my fans. They went through the process with me. They're very supportive of me, but I was nervous about that. I didn't want to make it seem like I was abandoning them.” ThinkingWantSeemsUsedProcessOne ThingFansInternetOceanConnectionsContactNervousSupportive Author:Stella Soleil
“That is a horrible thing in a way, but it is the one thing poets can bring back to experience, this intense focus on language, which activates words as a portal back into experience. It's a mysterious process that's very hard to articulate, because it's focused entirely on the material of language in a way, but in the interests not just of language itself whatever that would mean - that's the mistake, by the way, that so many so-called "experimental" poets make - but in service to human experience.” WayHumansMeanHardLanguageProcessInterestMistakeFocusOne ThingPoetMaterialsFocusedIntenseHorribleMysteriousHuman ExperiencePortalHorrible ThingsActivate Author:Matthew Zapruder