#si

There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#coast #east #east coast #find #first

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#composing #conducting #haven #i #never

I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation. ↗

— Victor Salva

#actions #because #believe #by-product #controversial

Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#amazing #amazing experience #characters #come #definitely

Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#always #diversity #fantasy #genre #here

I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#beyond #book #business #go #i

I do that mostly because I believe that the fantasy business is in terrible trouble right now, for several reasons, not the least of which being the almost Democrat vs. Republican mentality of readers on the Internet. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#because #being #believe #business #democrat

I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#done #field #fire #got #growing

Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#expect #experience #i #me #readers

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#before #day #law #lost #now