This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run... →
Doris Lessing
When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable... →
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you... →
I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work... →
What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this... →
Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!
I'm a 'Clash of the Titans'/'Star Wars' baby. I'm not a new 'Star Wars' baby. I'm not an 'Avatar' baby.... →
Louis Leterrier
I've never related to the work geek at all-it sounds much more horrible than nerd. Like a freak biting a chicken's head off in a sideshow.
Jonathan Lethem
I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.
I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental... →