#use

I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#basic #bloody #called #concepts #fact

I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#always #because #calculated #carefully #controlled

My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#advice #approximately #because #bond #book

A mouse does not rely on just one hole. ↗

— Plautus

#hole #just #just one #mouse #rely

'He means well' is useless unless he does well. ↗

— Plautus

#means #unless #useless #well

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. ↗

— Plautus

#become #days #friend #guest #house

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#any #character #even #i #i do

John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#concept #created #directed #directors #focused

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#cigarettes #contrast #culture #extra #i

I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a little bit odd. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#bit #comfortable #feel #i #i feel