"Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I was growing up, for a long time, was 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson, which I must have read about a dozen times when I was a teenager."

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Source : "Ned Beauman: 'What sticks in my mind is praise from the wrong people'". Interview with Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy, www.theguardian.com. July 21, 2012.

Ned Beauman

#Growing Up Quotes #Teenager Quotes #Book Quotes

“What I've realized is that when I walk into a club, I don't feel good, I feel uncomfortable. I wonder what to do, I look for my drink... it's not necessarily an enjoyable experience, so why would I put myself through that?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose.”

Source : Laurie Alberts (2010). “Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced Writing”, p.1, F+W Media, Inc.
“I have often started off on a walk in the state called mad-mad in the sense of sore-headed, or mad with tedium or confusion; I have set forth dull, null and even thoroughly discouraged. But I never came back in such a frame of mind, and I never met a human being whose humor was not the better for a walk.”
“I love cooking and baking.”
“They have no allegiance to Atlantic City whatsoever, other than nostalgia, and that doesn't pay the bills, ... The Miss America pageant has to do what it thinks best serves its interests, and if moving out of Atlantic City does, that's what it should do.”
“Why do you always start after my beat then rush to catch up? Do you want us to stay behind?”
“Donâ€™t underestimate the value of ironyâ€”it is extremely valuable.”
“In the open air you don't play as many quiet songs as you would normally.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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