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Po Bronson

"Make sure your characters are worth spending ten hours with. Thatâ€™s how long it takes to read a book. Reading a book is like being trapped in a room for ten hours with those characters. Think of your main characters as dinner guests. Would your friends want to spend ten hours with the characters youâ€™ve created? Your characters can be loveable, or they can be evil, but theyâ€™d better be compelling. If not, your reader will be bored and leave."

Source : "Advice on Writing". www.pobronson.com.

Po Bronson

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“When I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to learn how to write. To sit in a room with a bunch of would-be writers, who want to write the Great American Novel, every one of them, and you read their stories and they read yours, and you're not living a life. I don't like that. I like learning on the job. The character of my work has definitely evolved from the character of my life.”

Source : Interview with Jonathan Goldstein, believermag.com. March 1, 2013.
“The subject of men and women is absolutely fraught with sex, which is as it should be.”
“Becoming baseball analyst was really important for me to not just be one of the first, but to literally break open the door and come in and stay, so that we could start inviting our friends and everyone, like, Come on. The door is open now. I am so proud of the fact that I put that pressure on myself: Alright, Jess, you've got a lot of women on your back right now and it's on you, so don't screw it up. I put that pressure on myself on purpose, so I'd realize it's not just about me, it's about a whole gender.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.”
“I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.”
“I love saying 'yes' and I love saying 'please.' Saying 'yes' doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying 'please' doesn't mean I am waiting for permission. 'Yes please' sounds powerful and concise. It's a response and a request. It is not about being a good girl; it is about being a real woman.”
“My audience doesn't agree with me on everything, but I love my audience, because they're totally okay with us having a dialogue.”
“Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother's busy holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure you're always distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed. He's making sure your imagination withers. Until it's as useful as your appendix. He's making sure your attention is always filled. And this being fed, it's worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what's in your mind. With everyone's imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”

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