Jonathan Dee You never want to be in a position where your reader feels like you’re passing judgment on your own characters. Any novel where you feel like the author is talking to the reader over the characters’ heads is in a bad place. – Jonathan Dee Author Quotes Bad Quotes Characters Quotes Feel Quotes Feels Quotes Heads Quotes Judgment Quotes Passing Quotes Position Quotes Reader Quotes Talking Quotes When I’m composing a scene for the first time, I try to imitate my character. The less critical distance the better – particularly when they’re acting badly. The first draft often is really fast, and I’d be terribly ashamed if anybody ever saw it.
Marilyn vos Savant Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father. – Marilyn vos Savant
Bat for Lashes I got really good input up until the age of 11, which is perfect. That’s when adolescence starts, when I would have really wanted to rebel. Up until that point, though, it didn’t feel like doctrine, and it gave me a great moral structure. – Bat for Lashes
Natalie Merchant I’ve found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it’s almost like a mind control. If I could control prople’s minds, I’d like to put something useful in. – Natalie Merchant
John T Chambers The No. 1 country in the world to do business in is which one? To locate where you want to create jobs, where you want to have a great market? It’s Canada. Even in Russia, you can build a Silicon Valley outside of Moscow. – John T Chambers
Satya Nadella We have only one Windows. We don’t have multiple Windows. They run across multiple form factors, but it’s one developer platform, one store, one tool chain for developers. And you adapt it for different screen sizes and different input and output. – Satya Nadella
Shibani Dandekar Every now and then, I have these moments where I feel somebody needs to be told to just stop. Sometimes, they would write nasty things, but generally, I just don’t give them time and attention. I just skim and read but don’t go through the comments completely. – Shibani Dandekar
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