"I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance."

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Jamaica Kincaid

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“I think expectations might be preceding reality, ... In the long run we've got some real opportunity here, but we've come a long way too quickly. We may need to ratchet it back a little and set a new foundation to grow for the rest of the year, but continuing at this pace is going to be difficult.”
“I liked working with Tom Christopher as he was great as Hawk, and Wilfred Hyde White but I wished it were in a different context as the changes really tuned off the audience.”
“When it comes to satisfying our spiritual appetites, there is no such thing as excess. There are no restraints placed on us by God. There are no rules of temperance or laws requiring moderation or boundaries beyond which we cannot go in seeking to enjoy Him. We need never pause to inquire whether we've crossed a line or become overindulgent. You need never fear feeling too good about God.”
“All the child-star cliches, I've tried very hard to avoid them all.”
“A poor white woman from the South is different than a poor black woman from the South, and has a completely different experience.”
“You think heâ€™s still alive?â€ Royce asked, nodding his head toward Alric. â€œSure,â€ Hadrian replied without bothering to look. â€œHeâ€™s probably sleeping. Why do you ask?â€ â€œI was just pondering something. Do you think a person could smother in a wet potato bag?â€ Hadrian lifted his head and looked over at the motionless prince. â€œI really hadnâ€™t thought about it until now.”
“As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.”

Source : "Amy Sherman-Palladino on Bunheads, Gilmore Girls, and not making mediocre TV". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. January 14, 2013.
“My take on what happened with the moon landing was [......] they suspect [ sic ] that on impact that the cameras would be damaged because back in 1969 cameras weren't, you know, like they are today, as good. So they had a studio set up at CBS to mimic the moon landing. And sure enough the cameras broke and so they flipped, you know, the CBS studio on. And what you saw of the footage of the '69 moon landing was actually at CBS studio.”

Source : "Creation Evolution and Dinosaurs session #5 Q&A". January 2002.

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