“I'm from the suburbs and where I'm from didn't necessarily have people like you see in 'Suburgatory,' but along those lines and I think people will laugh at themselves. And it's lighthearted.” PeopleThinkingLinesLaughingLike YouSuburbs Author:Jane Levy
“I think love is the through line and it's universal and it doesn't matter what period of time, time or place, or people, that's something we all connect to. That's the thin thread that I think keeps it altogether.” PeopleThinkingMatterLinesLove IsPeriodsUniversalThread Author:Rachel McAdams
“I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.” IfsThinkingKnowsMindBelieveStatesActorsLinesAbilityFineTypeIllInsanePerformingFine LinesMentally Ill Author:Samantha Morton
“I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy.” ThinkingAmericaLinesAcceptingPovertyAllowingEngagingPaychecksPiracy Author:Will Oldham
“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
“Catch me on a good day, I think half of my books aren't too bad. Catch me on a bad day, I think I've never written a good line.” ThinkingBookLinesHalfWrittenGood DayBad DayCatch Me Author:Dennis Lehane
“I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people who just follow one line and that's it - that's why I could never be in a sitcom, I don't think. They're not intriguing enough for me.” PeopleThinkingEnoughCharacterLeftLinesFieldsComplexesUnexpectedIntriguingSitcomOne LineLeft Field Author:Pete Postlethwaite
“I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them.” ThinkingLongGuyLinesSmarterOther GuysLong Lines Author:Colin Quinn
“They say Casanova made love to over 10,000 women. Do you think it changed him? It probably aged him a little bit. But I doubt that it changed him. If it had changed him, he would have stopped somewhere along the line and done something a little different.” IfsThinkingLittlesMadeDifferentDoneBitsLinesDoubtChangedBuddhismLittle BitSexualityCasanova Author:Frederick Lenz
“I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.” ThinkingLinesPicksHorriblePick Up Line Author:Kate Upton
“The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day is completely jam-packed, or you're away from your computer - carry a small paper notebook and write a sentence of description while you're waiting on line at a coffee shop. I think of this as baiting a hook. Even if you have a few days in a row where nothing comes except those ten words, I find that as long as you have to think about the novel enough to write ten words, the chances are that more will come.” IfsThinkingWritingLongImportantMatterEnoughWaitingLinesChanceNovelProgressTenPaperComputerSentencesTechniqueCoffeeStuckShopsDescriptionHookJamChances AreNotebookCoffee Shop Author:Naomi Novik
“Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.” PeopleThinkingLinesActingCasesStudyStyleTechniqueMediums Author:Anthony Mackie