#casual

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties." (Interview in Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Eighth Series, ed. George Plimpton, 1988) ↗

— John Irving

#craft #novels #victims #writing #writing-craft

I've been divorced and I had to get back out there be single again and do some of that in the genuinely miserable state where you really do wonder what the hell is going on. And you feel like trying to have casual conversation with someone you don't know on the surface of the moon or something. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#back #been #casual #conversation #divorced

So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored. ↗

— Paul Begala

#american troops #called #casualty #fight #first

I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#casual #creates #culture #festive #grilling

Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#either #greater #higher #length #likely

I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart. ↗

— Max Weinberg

#acting #bits #casual #comedy #deeply

I've always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I've fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous. ↗

— Nanette Lepore

#always #ball #casual #dressing #easy

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner. ↗

— Steve Martin

#also #because #casual #childhood #circumstances

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#anything #asylum #casual #does #lunatic

I've been married before, but I've never had my dream wedding in Vegas. I wanted to do it there because it's casual, quick, not religious and, most of all, very romantic. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#been #before #casual #dream #had