It’s like a cotillion, this partners business, except with killing. ” “So, exactly like a cotillion,” said Simon.
I think it's just a lot more pressure to make the scenes work when you're doing a film, because when you're doing a series you feel like, I have so many scenes, so many episodes, so if I don't get it exactly right this time, I have another scene later. You feel less pressure.
You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.
I don't want to tell what the songs are about for me, because then people can't decide for themselves, which is why I write; it's for you to find your own meaning in. For me it's my story, for someone else it's theirs; if I tell exactly what it means, then it's only my story.
The Postman Always Rings Twice that's a book that I think every writer should read - that has to do with technique. But it's also a novel narrated by a guy who has decided by page 11 that he's fallen in love with a woman, and they're going to murder her husband so they can be together. There's nothing remotely likeable about him, but James M. Cain brings you so far into his head that, at a certain point, you have that uncomfortable but also thrilling sensation of seeing things exactly as he sees it.
Breathe. . . Everything is happening exactly as it should be.
I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.
Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle. " "Handle your blood?" Bones offered dryly. Ian grinned. "Exactly.
Could you please explain to me exactly what the staff is that you carry?" Cronus proudly held the symbol of his power and authority aloft. "It is the scepter that denotes my control of the Physical Realms. All who defy me should look on it and tremble. " "Oh, I see! Do you know, I thought it was a giant toothpick, or perhaps something you shoved into other parts of you anatomy. I never realized it represented your supposed right to rule," said Her Vampiric Majesty lightly.
When I'm watching South Park I don't think it's written by neo-Nazis. They know exactly what they're doing.
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.
Find people who are competent and really bright, but more importantly, people who care exactly about the same things you care about.
Nobody stays exactly the same. You'll definitely know it's Hanson, but we're constantly changing.
Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.
I think strong rhetoric and strong action are two separate things. Anyone can use tough words. Anyone can go over the top and say things that sound strong. But sounding strong is not enough. You have to know exactly how you're going to do it. And if you look at some of the policies he's talked about, they would not make America stronger.
Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place.
Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.
At the times in my life when I was feeling the most gregarious and looking for bosom friendships, I couldn't find any takers, so that exactly when I was alone was when I felt the most like not being alone. . . I became a loner in my own mind. . . I decided I'd rather be alone.
If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.
They tell us that plants are not like man immortal, but are perishable-soul -less. I think that is something that we know exactly nothing about.