#ture

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#always #between #breeze #comes #cracking

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#central #dead #enjoy #how #i

Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long about moral values by people who have their own moral shortcomings. ↗

— Howard Dean

#all day #been #day #embraced #get

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed. ↗

— James Dean

#also #am #appreciate #beauty #became

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds. ↗

— James Dean

#come #conception #far #got #grounds

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too. ↗

— James Dean

#disproportion #fault #i #i think #kids

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#me #story #structured #thriller #very

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#challenge #concise #form #i #important

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#caricatures #in other words #more #other #people

When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#book #close #comes #eyes #go