A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters. - Elmore Leonard

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Everybody gave 100%. I mean everyone, because they all knew that the film had the bones and the heartbeat of something that could be good. And everyone was in on it and wanted it for me and wanted it for Roger and Beau.

Elmore Leonard

A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.

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I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job.

Doin, Felt, Good Times, Jobs, May, Time

I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages take on the character's sound. I don't want the reader to be aware of me, writing.

Attitude, Character, Particular, Point, Sound, Writing

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

Believe, Block, Inspiration, Sit, Waiting, Write

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

Important, Rewrite, Rule, Sound, Writing

I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself. I have a good time sitting here by myself, thinking up situations and characters, getting them to talk - it's so satisfying. But screenwriting's different. You might think you're writing for yourself, but there are too many other people to please.

Adaptations, Character, Screenplay, Thinking, Work, Writing

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Juliet Marillier

I would hold on, and hold on, until my hands clutch at emptiness.

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Pierce Brosnan

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George Lucas

Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil. . . The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.

Friendship, Loyalty, Stars, Theme, Thousands, War

Ralph Raico

Winston Churchill was a man of blood and a politico without principle, whose apotheosis serves to corrupt every standard of honesty and morality in politics and history.

Blood, Corrupt, Honesty, Man, Men, Winston

Nicholas D. Kristof

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

Arrogant, Blog, Literature, Tried, Trying, Unconcerned