"I don't abandon stories once I've started working on them. Once I sit down and start a story, I'll be damned if I'm going to give up on it. But I do reject most of the ideas for stories that I come up with."

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Kelly Link

#Giving Up Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug in to another self, not my own, and it felt so good.”
“The big thing is that if you don't try something, you'll always wonder. What could that have been like? What if...?”
“Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.”
“But the beauty of Einstein's equations, for example, is just as real to anyone who's experienced it as the beauty of music. We've learned in the 20th century that the equations that work have inner harmony.”
“The only features I've done have been on the lower-budget end, for what they were. It's really all about getting the best people aboard and committing to doing the best work possible and prioritizing where your time is going to be spent.”
“My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.”
“My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.”
“Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!”

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