Three fishers went sailing away to the west,<br> Away to the west as the sun went down.
If I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write.
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.
There was such an incredible logic to kissing, such a metal-to-magnet pull between two people that it was a wonder that they found the strength to prevent themselves from succumbing every second. Rightfully, the world should be a whirlpool of kissing into which we sank and never found the strength to rise up again.
In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant.
I certainly have written a lot about police in my life, and it's not only something that I know about, but always something that interests me.
One must not be shy where language is concerned.
You have to stand for something or you fall for everything.
I had written eight drafts of the Lemony Snicket' screenplay when this changing-of-the-guard thing happened, and I said to the new producers, "I don't think I could write any more drafts. " I guess I was sort of hoping they would say, "Well that's okay, this last one is perfect. " But instead, they said, "It's funny you should say that. We don't think you can write any more drafts either. "
Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.
Basically I can't sleep without every single song I'm writing repeating endlessly, but I'm loving it again. Embracing the torture, as I'm assaulted by my own thoughts. Like a locust giving birth to earworms. Eeeeew!
Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down.