#read

I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#been #break #gets #ground #harder

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader? ↗

— Len Wein

#basic #bottom #bottom line #character #how

These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here. ↗

— Len Wein

#days #get #here #place #seems

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has. ↗

— Len Wein

#effect #how #makes #manages #reader

You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end. ↗

— Len Wein

#beginning #different #dozen #end #makes

I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#any #authors #bags #corner #degrees

The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#go #into #music #need #next

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to kill. In effect, they've been saying, You can kill us, but you'll have to kill a lot of us; you may have to kill all of us. And, thank heaven, we are not yet ready to do that. ↗

— George Wald

#beyond #die #effect #heaven #kill

Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#book #develop #enjoy #i #i always

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#copy #editors #every #machines #more