Mark Billingham I admire writers such as Elmore Leonard who can nail a character in three or four lines of dialogue, so he doesn’t need pages of back story or clumsy exposition. – Mark Billingham Admire Quotes Character Quotes Clumsy Quotes Dialogue Quotes Elmore Quotes Exposition Quotes Leonard Quotes Lines Quotes Nail Quotes Story Quotes Writers Quotes I moved from acting to stand-up because castings are just about what you look like. It doesn’t matter if you can act or not. In comedy, no one cares what you look like. In America, they have specialist mystery book stores with whole sections devoted to cat mysteries, golf mysteries, quilting mysteries. It’s a hugely broad genre from the darkest noir to tales of a 19th-century vet who solves crimes, thanks to his talking cat.
Morton Feldman Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians. – Morton Feldman
Aerin Lauder I love going to museums, especially the Met, because there’s always room for discovery, or the Neue Galerie. It’s a great jewel box. – Aerin Lauder
AloneSadTim Schafer People talk about games and loneliness – it’s a lonely activity. I didn’t understand that. ‘Gears of War’ was the first multiplayer game for me that I enjoyed. But I wasn’t sad. I liked being alone. I liked playing games by myself. I had lots of companionship at the house. – Tim Schafer
Barbara Kingsolver Terms like that, ‘Humane Society,’ are devised with people like me in mind, who don’t care to dwell on what happens to the innocent. – Barbara Kingsolver
CoolLil' Kim But this is Miami, you can’t come to Miami and not show any skin. You gotta show something. If you’re all covered up in this heat, you’re gonna make me pass out out just to look at you. It’s sweaty in Miami-but the diamonds will keep me cool. – Lil’ Kim
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