"After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand!"

-- Maria Semple

#Naps Quotes #Work Out Quotes #Demand Quotes

“Ye marshes, how candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free, Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea.”

Source : Sidney Lanier (1999). “Poems of Sidney Lanier”, p.16, University of Georgia Press
“Connecting today is a dialogue.”

Source : "Nike's new marketing mojo" by Scott Cendrowski, fortune.com. February 13, 2012.
“When my agent called me up and said, "Do you want to be in a movie called Sharknado?" I said, "What is it about? Is it really about sharks falling out of the sky and eating people?" And she said, "Yes." And I said, "Definitely. That is going to be a huge hit. That is going to put to rest the Home Alone dad image. I'm going to be the Sharknado drunk instead, hopefully." And I was right. I don't know how I knew that, but I just knew that Sharknado was going be a huge hit.”

Source : Source: tv.avclub.com
“And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”

Source : Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Player Piano”, p.312, Dial Press
“Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.”
“A few weeks later, Iâ€™m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. Iâ€™m sitting next to a guy whoâ€™s doing a series of elaborate neck stretches, like weâ€™re about to engage in a vigorous rugby match. Heâ€™s neatly laid out four types of gum on his Formica desk: Juicy Fruit, Wrigley Spearmint, Big Red, and Eclipse. I hate this guy. I hope to God heâ€™s not a genius.”
“I was born serious and I have earned my bread making other people laugh.”
“I've been invited to speak at about 20 colleges. There's always this moment when I'm having dinner with the college president: 'Ernie, where'd you go to school?'”

Source : "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.

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