#line

When you're writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come out and then you get the feedback. When you do work online, the moment you're finished making it, people start responding to it which is really fun and allows for a kind of community development you just can't have in novels. ↗

— John Green

#basement #book #come #community #development

We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line. ↗

— Jerry Greenfield

#bottom line #community #contributed #how #just

Because you actually might not know what activities truly engage your attention and satisfy you, he says, it can be helpful to keep a diary of what you do all day and how you feel while doing it. Then, try to do more of what's rewarding, even if it takes an effort, and less of what isn't. Where optimal experience is concerned, he says, "'I just don't have the time' often means 'I just don't have the self-discipline. ↗

— Winifred Gallagher

#discipline #engagement #focus #experience

Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#doing #i #know #lines #really

As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth. ↗

— Andrew Gross

#books #draw #family #family member #hero

I don't like writing straight-up thrillers. I like writing about families hurled into crisis and danger - soccer moms and regular dads and husbands who might have to rescue their daughters or who are, say, hedge fund managers and have one foot on the sidelines watching their kids and the other in nefarious cover-ups and conspiracies. ↗

— Andrew Gross

#conspiracies #crisis #dads #danger #daughters

If I were asked for a one line answer to the question' What makes a woman good in bed?' I would say, 'A man who is good in bed.' ↗

— Bob Guccione

#asked #bed #good #i #line

I headline concert halls for 20,000 people, but I still play smaller venues. ↗

— David Guetta

#halls #headline #i #people #play

I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#addicted #being #book #buy #could

Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die. ↗

— David Hackworth

#die #down #enemy #even #goof