#dl

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. ↗

— James Ellroy

#alone #casualty #early #focus #hurt

I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people. ↗

— James Ellroy

#class #fans #getting #i #middle

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it. ↗

— James Ellroy

#chandler #committed #gave #murder #once

Even if you can't draw, do a little doodle or rip an illustration from a magazine - these visuals will help bring your idea to life. ↗

— John Emmerling

#doodle #draw #even #help #idea

I think a lot of people have a misconception of what the kitchen is about, but you know the grueling part of it is also the pleasure of it. That's why I think you have to have a certain mentality to understand what that is and be able to handle it. ↗

— Todd English

#about #also #certain #grueling #handle

I can handle the craziness some of the time, maybe most of the time. But I know I can't handle it all of the time. ↗

— Chris Evans

#handle #i #i can #know #maybe

What if I couldn't handle people's opinions of me? I know that shouldn't dictate a person's degree of peace or happiness in life, but the problem is, I chose a business saturated in judgment. ↗

— Chris Evans

#chose #degree #dictate #handle #happiness

Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors. ↗

— Thaddeus Stevens

#children #enter #estates #forth #handle

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#either #hardly #hollywood #i #interested

It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom. ↗

— Charles Fillmore

#finds #kingdom #mind