#tent

Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. Or at least they do for me. They're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision. ↗

— George Saunders

#being #decisions #during #intention #least

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face. ↗

— Richard Savage

#build #face #foolish #generous #lives

I feel sorry for many politicians... we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we're not. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#consistent #expect #feel #i #i feel

I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#again #available #better #bin #clarke

I love getting attention, just like a child loves it, and it's never worn off. So when people say, oh the book signings go on, why would I shoo away someone who's giving me attention? What part of standing in line for 10 hours to say how much they love you is bad to you? ↗

— David Sedaris

#away #bad #book #book signings #child

As far as advice to potential teenage idols, there is no formula. ↗

— Bobby Sherman

#as far as #far #formula #idols #potential

When I made my way across childhood to the tinny AM radio, it was dark. Lights out. I listened intently. More intently than I ever had before. Something was speaking to my unformed-ness like a long lost friend. Something that I had never met but forgotten nonetheless. I was 'realizing' that music was 'different' from other things in life. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#am #before #childhood #dark #different

I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#because #dog #dorky #dream #feel

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way. ↗

— Paul Simon

#bigger #did #differ #difference #each

I wanted to be consistent with my exercise, so I committed to working out for 30 days in a row, no matter what. ↗

— Molly Sims

#consistent #days #exercise #i #matter