#vent

Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#background #because #characters #easier #generally

But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#ants #barrier #becoming #dominated #evolving

KISS Psycho Circus is my current favorite. I'm not ashamed to say that I prefer the mindless fun of blasting hordes of creatures to exploration or adventure games. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#ashamed #blasting #circus #creatures #current

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#go #i #into #leave #led

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life. ↗

— John Wooden

#living #making #making a living #prevent #you

Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#decided #eventually #had #i #just

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to make an adventure out of the sequence of the songs. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#adventure #character #even #exciting #make

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#access #any #art #artist #authentic

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. ↗

— Andrew Young

#diplomacy #invented #once #xerox