#ow

One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#each #here #how #incredibly #just

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#editors #formed #i #ideals #my own

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#know #louise #me #mess #people

When you look around right now, Nashville is kind of going through another changing of guard; you're watching the Martina McBrides and the Faith Hills and all of them that have been the big stars for the last however many years, and the next generation is coming in: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, those girls. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#around #been #big #carrie #changing

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. ↗

— George Thorogood

#aretha #aretha franklin #elvis #elvis presley #franklin

I've been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more risky. ↗

— Richard Foreman

#figure #force #how #i #into

I want to see how far I can train. I have to see how far my body will go. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#far #go #how #how far #i

I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh? ↗

— Margot Kidder

#coming #could #flying #fun #heads

We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#else #how #institutions #life #lovely

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#because #book #day #done #end