"In crime fiction, I just don't write the parts that aren't a thriller and it's exactly the same in my TV reporting - I distill the essence of the story until it's only the jewels of the tale - and leave in only the most compelling and exciting parts."

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Source : "Interview: Hank Phillippi Ryan, 'The Other Woman'". Interview with Pamela Clare, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. October 4, 2012.

Hank Phillippi Ryan

#Writing Quotes #Jewels Quotes #Essence Quotes

“Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it's something you're tremendously passionate about.”
“Touch is one of the most intuitive things in the world,”
“A map is not a journey.”

Source : Phyllis A. Whitney (1988). “Guide to Fiction Writing”, Writer
“I chase after inspiring stories.”
“The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness.”
“I don't think the rhetoric toward President Trump from media sources or media commentators is any worse than what Franklin Roosevelt got from a conservative press in another era. And Roosevelt was, you know, not as blunt as Trump about the press, but, you know, there was an ideological press back then, when we had multiple newspapers in town.”
“I know, he said. We are into the Bad Idea neighborhood and heading down I Have a Bad Feeling Street. (Shane)”
“I like to reminisce with people I don't know.”

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