Growing older is like climbing a mountain: the higher you get, the more strength you need, but the further you see.
I don't wait for inspiration. I get up and write every day.
Im very comfortable with tweeting, I have a very active author Facebook page, I Skype book clubs all over the world.
Just when you think you’ve got Arranged figured out, time and again Catherine McKenzie delivers the flawless, unexpected twist that keeps you glued to the book.
I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.
I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,' which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque.
Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends—one, a 91-year-old survivor of the grinding poverty of rural Ireland, immigrant New York and the hardscrabble Midwest; and the other, a casualty of a string of foster homes—each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. Orphan Train will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.
I said that this would be a Budget based on prudence for a purpose and that guides us also in our approach to public spending.
I always compare young missioners to the kids who naively signed up to go to Iraq to fight terrorism. They are just the foot soldiers in the spiritual war that Mike Bickle and Lou Engle are waging against what they consider sin. They will say it is biblical truth, but the Bible says many things, and you don't see anyone saying that slavery is okay or that we should not eat shellfish. Why the fascination with sex?
Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.