#accidental

The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#any #compulsion #compulsive #down #impulse

I started in radio, again accidentally. I wasn't looking for this kind of work at all. ↗

— Hector Elizondo

#again #i #kind #looking #radio

I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV. ↗

— Daisy Fuentes

#asked #day #got #i #into

The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#avoid #avoided #entire #entire lives #hear

If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#bad #eye #feel #floor #hurt

In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#available #awareness #bird #fact #first

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#accidents #change #impossible #man #reveals

Maruman does not loll. ↗

— Isobelle Carmody

#accidental #cat #coincidence #funny #humor

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series. ↗

— Derek Jeter

#just #series #show #up #world

That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals. ↗

— Stephen King

#almost #beginning #career #little #more