#ai

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#also #because #build #contain #live

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#happened #i #raise #todd #writer

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#amount #certain #freedom #i #i do

I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#chat #correspondence #fans #great #i

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#aim #alarmed #endless #endless series #hence

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#best #better #campaign #circus #couple

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#casting #get #more #movie #movie actors

All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#each #going #i #know #language

For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#keys #me #movie #scenes #shots

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#chance #drowned #jail #ship