“Keep your head down, avoid all the distractions of being a writer todayall the shifts in the business, all the drama, all the debating about where publishing is goingand write the best story that you can. It sounds a bit glib, but I think this is advice a lot of people are having trouble following right now. It is so hard to focus. But that is the single key to success.” PeopleThinkingWritingHardStoriesTodayBitsSoundFocusTroubleAdviceKeysDramaRight NowFollowingDistractionPublishingKey To Success Author:Jeff Abbott
“I do have a huge problem, a huge problem. In fact, worse than watching is hearing. I cannot stand to hear my own voice. When it's coming out of my mouth right now it sounds fantastically interesting to me. It's rich in light and shade, it goes up and down. But when I hear it either on TV or even on someone's answering machine, I just sound like I've had half my brain removed.” FactsProblemLightSoundVoiceMy OwnInterestingBrainHalfRichTvsHugeRight NowMouthsMachinesHearingShadeComing OutUp And DownAnswering Machines Author:Hugh Laurie
“I frequently run into this, where I genuinely feel like - and this is not just my head cold talking right now - I often, and this is going to sound weird, but I often feel like the guy who makes these movies is smarter than me. Smarter than the guy on the phone right now.” FeelsRunningGuySoundTalkingColdRight NowPhonesSmarter Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I go all the way back to the Hot Boys days and being 13, listening to this dude. Just remembering the staple he put on the game back then all the way to now, to have that longevity years beyond it. So for him to actually acknowledge what I'm doing right now and seeing it as a path, the same way the longevity he created, it's a great feeling to actually share that same stage and a moment with him. Wayne ain't no new jack to this game. He influenced a lot of styles and a lot of sounds. I would say I was influenced by a recent sound and flow, and cadence that he brung to the game.” WayYearsMomentsFeelingsRememberGamesSoundBoysPathSeeingShareStageStyleListeningRight NowFlowHotAcknowledgeLongevityWayneDoing RightStaplesCadenceGreat Feelings Author:Kanye West
“For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the size of our entire economy - in the bank and earning interest right now. But it doesn't. And while many believe that Social Security represents our greatest entitlement problem, Medicare is six times larger in terms of unfunded obligations.” ShouldBelieveProblemGovernmentSocialSoundTermInterestHalfEconomySecurityRight NowSixShould HaveSizeObligationEarningFederal GovernmentSocial SecurityEntitlementMedicareHalf Time Author:John C. Goodman
“It used to be embarrassing. In the beginning, because you listen to yourself so much, you think, I must look like an asshole right now - or sound like an asshole. And then, you just get to that point where you've done so many ridiculous, ridiculous things in the booth from screaming, to having orgasms, to whatever your director is asking you to do for this character, you just lose your inhibitions.” ThinkingLooksDoneCharacterUsedSoundLosesRight NowDirectorsAskingRidiculousUsed To BeEmbarrassingListen To YourselfInhibitionsRidiculous Things Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“When I hear that high-pitched sound of all those people screaming together, it's like, I want to get on stage right now. It's the most amazing feeling.” PeopleWantFeelingsTogetherSoundStageRight NowMost Amazing Author:Taylor Swift
“I feel very lucky. I don't know what else there has to be. I'm happy, as corny as it sounds, to be living in a place where it's easy to live, easy to drive to the airport, easy to go pick up something at the supermarket and to have a circle of friends. Those were my goals in 1998, not to be queen of photography but to make a cultural adjustment to the West. And those are still more important goals to me than professional ones right now.” KnowsFeelsStillsImportantEasySoundGoalRight NowLuckyPhotographyPicksWestCirclesQueensAirportsCornyAdjustmentSupermarketsCircle Of Friends Author:Andrea Modica
“I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't do that. If you track my movement, you'll never see a picture of me with any girl that wasn't mine, or my own car. My jewelry, my clothes. What kind of gangsta rapper has a stylist? A stylist?!” IfsKnowsKindI CanGuyGirlSoundMy OwnCarMovementMinesRight NowClothesTrackHip HopHipsHopsRapperJewelryMaterialisticStylistDisillusionedGangsta Author:Ice T
“I think I'm just trying to show a more mature side of the band and I think we've really come into the sound of our band. With every album we've grown, but I think this is just a really good picture of where we are right now and how we feel our music represents us. Under the thumb of other record companies we haven't had as much creative control and I think with this record we really did our own thing.” ThinkingFeelsTryingShowsSoundSidesCompanyCreativeRecordsHavensRight NowBandAlbumsMatureThumbsRecord Companies Author:Jason C. Miller
“I'm not really entertained anymore, everything sounds the same. We have a crisis right now of innovative music. I'm probably the only person left trying to do something different and brand new.” TryingPersonsDifferentLeftSoundRight NowCrisisBrandsInnovativeBrand New Author:Kool Keith
“Well there's a lot of machines making music today too so you should expect perfection from them! Other than that it's humans programming it which is actually why i still like it. But yeah, that sounds about right. Now what I've got to do is I've got to stop expecting it of myself.” ShouldHumansWellsStillsTodaySoundRight NowPerfectionMachinesYeahProgrammingExpecting Author:Eddie Vedder
“Everything can inspire me. I know that sounds like a cop-out answer, but I find inspiration in literally just about everything. As an actor, I have to watch people and observe their behaviors - this is how I create characters. My daily surroundings feed my work, whether it's something I'm working on right now or it's something down the road. Music, art, landscape - these are all things I draw inspiration from.” PeopleKnowsArtCharacterInspirationActorsSoundAnswersWatchesInspireRight NowBehaviorDrawsAll ThingsLandscapeCopSurroundingsDown The Road Author:Josh McDermitt
“I think one possibility [in the future] might be chemotherapy. And I'm always hesitant to say that because it makes it sound like I'm against chemotherapy. Right now, chemotherapy is the best cancer treatment therapy we have. But let's say we find some way where we can almost genetically engineer the DNA of our being and fight cancer that way. Then, the idea that we used to pump poison into people to fight off cancer will almost seem like the use of leeches or something.” PeopleThinkingWayIdeasUseSeemsMightUsedFightingSoundPossibilityRight NowCancerTherapyPoisonTreatmentEngineersDnaPumpsHesitantChemotherapyLeechesCancer TreatmentFighting Cancer Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I think right now a lot of albums that are out there, they sound like mixtapes.” ThinkingSoundRight NowAlbumsMixtapes Author:Tyrese Gibson
“I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks good on paper: sell your books directly and keep a bigger chunk of the profit for yourself. No rejection letters. No hassle with agents. Sounds good, right?” KnowsLooksBookSelfSoundPossibilityRight NowPaperLettersBiggerSellsProfitAgentsRejectionPublishingChunksGiddyHassleRejection Letters Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“We try to be present when we are drinking our tea, which isn't as easy as it sounds. It's very easy to think, right now I'm going to be really present while I'm drinking my tea, here I am drinking my tea, and I'm so present, look this is easy, I am here drinking my tea and I know I'm drinking my tea blah blah blah blah... right? And the one place where the mind is not, is here. It's just thinking about being here.” ThinkingKnowsTryingMindLooksEasySoundRight NowDrinkingTeaHere I AmBlah Author:Tenzin Palmo