"I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline."

-- Maria Semple

#Character Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts.”
“Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.”

Source : Interview with Kevin Cook, www.playboy.com. June 2005.
“It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.”
“Have you ever noticed how few sitting places you find in private gardens? How seldom the versatility and importance of benches is considered? True gardeners, with their peerless taste, dexterity and inspired planting, never stop . . . To sit is almost an offence, a sign of depravity and an outrage towards every felicitous refinement that has gone into making a garden.”
“Once I'm satisfied and I've made enough money where I can afford to live in Malibu, because it's very expensive, I will definitely be back there.”

Source : Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. April 8, 2008.
“Be an electric eel in a goldfish pond!”
“Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.”
“Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.”

Source : "Sophie Hannah: 'It's surprising how many poems turn out to be about sex'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2014.

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