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If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing. Then it's a constant spreading out of that five minutes. ↗

— Richard Price

#constant #end #five #i #i can

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged. ↗

— Richard Price

#acknowledged #book #center #character #integrate

Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day. ↗

— Richard Price

#day #enough #letters #lose #make

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. ↗

— Charley Pride

#always #childhood #dreamer #especially #i

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't. ↗

— Charley Pride

#belongs #country #country music #criticism #divisiveness

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world. ↗

— Charley Pride

#fan #go #grab #happens #hug

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience. ↗

— Charley Pride

#any #entertainer #experience #fans #had

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes. ↗

— Charley Pride

#both #doing #even #even now #eyes

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously. ↗

— Charley Pride

#fans #i #make #performer #seriously

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. ↗

— Charley Pride

#also #defend #fans #helpful #offer