Joanna Trollope I don’t always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters’ actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened. – Joanna Trollope Actions Quotes Characters Quotes Communities Quotes Dramatic Quotes Heightened Quotes Set Quotes Smallish Quotes Stories Quotes Tension Quotes Towns Quotes Villages Quotes Visible Quotes I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but not how I’m going to get there, which gives characters the chance to develop organically, as happens in real life as you get to know a person. Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception.
Pat Connaughton You’ve got to make the winning plays at winning time, whether it’s a shot in the clutch or getting a big defensive rebound. Those are the intangibles I try to bring. – Pat Connaughton
Michael Tilson Thomas They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That’s the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build. – Michael Tilson Thomas
Jennifer Konner We work the full year round to make 10 or 12 episodes, and ‘The Good Wife’ makes, like, 26 in that time or something, which I can’t believe. I don’t know how they do it. – Jennifer Konner
Guy Fieri It’s always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done. – Guy Fieri
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes I do not read newspaper comics unless they happen to be out when I visit my parents, but I follow several online comics, which I check every morning while I drink my coffee and wake up for the day. – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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