As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.
If only all our conflicts could be resolved with a few grunts and a smack in the ass.
I have to mime at parties when everyone sings Happy Birthday. . . Mime or mumble and rumble and growl and grunt so deep that only moles, manta rays and mushrooms can hear me.
Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.
Testosterone overload?" Merinus gave an unladylike grunt. "More like asshole overload if you ask me.
Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith. . . talent is the smallest part of it.
How the little piglets would grunt if they knew how the old boar suffered.
Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt. "It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.
Grunt, foam at the mouth, and otherwise get psychic.
After all, what could you expect from a pig but a grunt?
He who writes well runs the civilization. Everyone else does the grunt work.
Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean it's and unfriendly place -- just busy and preoccupied. Personally, I love it. I'm a social creature but there are times and places you just don't want to do more than grunt at your fellow human being.
My friend had a brilliant idea. This impressed me. It reflected an immense deal of credit on his brain. But when he expressed it,it lost all value, and enjoyed but a commonplace status. My friend blamed this devaluation on the language. "I hate English," he said. So he studied another language. He mastered it so perfectly that there was no room left in his brain for a brilliant idea. Now he has a grudge against words. He refuses to use them. He prefers to shrug or grunt. A new crop of ideas is growing. They show promise of future refinement.
No, I don't have to practice that grunt. You just do it. Once you're in character, you're in character. You don't sit there purposely thinking, Well, I'll grunt here, or I'll groan there.
