#vice

Why do you think, A.J.," they say in unison, "that you find these boys so attractive?" I didn't say that this fiery chemical explosion leaps from somewhere inside me. Parents don't want to hear these things. I shrugged and said nothing. "Maybe you should try sitting on the intensity," Mom suggests, "just until your feelings catch up with reality." "We could chain you to the water heater," Dad offers, "until these little moments pass." You see what I'm up against. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#family-relationships #hormones #humor #parental-advice #parents

The greatest thing I learned while taking classes at Second City was the very first thing they taught: 'Yes, and...'. In improv, you keep scenes alive but accepting whatever you are given and then adding to it or amplifying it. There is no space on stage for 'No,' 'I'm sorry, you're mistaken,' or 'Yes, but...'. Those transitions kill energy, set up interpersonal conflict, engage the ego in a defensive posture, and stymie the flow of conversation onstage. ↗

— Jason Seiden

#defensiveness #good-advice #improv #interpersonal-communication #interpersonal-relationships

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts. ↗

— Harper Lee

#fact

Don't let impatience, and frustration ruin your passion for writing. ↗

— Leah Johnson

#writing-advice #inspirational

Be the cheeseburger you’ve always dreamed you could be. That’s the advice I’d give to any hamburger running for political office.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cheeseburger #hamburger #politicians #politics #dreams

Fiction---good fiction, anyway---is dream made flesh, given purpose and drive, and set on a quest to show us the best in us and to give us the power and the tools to dream beyond reality's 'merely good enough' to a vision of what is truly great... ...and then to give us the stories of men and women of character who in turn inspire those of us who dare to reach for the truly great within ourselves. THAT is why you write fiction. ↗

— Holly Lisle

#inspirational #writing #writing-advice #dreams

It’s funny how much easier it is to see others’ shortcomings and give advice when you’re not personally involved, for it’s almost impossible to see the light when you’re swimming in shit. ↗

— Isabel Lopez

#advice-for-women #funny #dreams

There's three things I've seen in this world that seem to make a body happy or miserable. It's no money or health or any of those other things most people talk about. It's knowing where you fit in this world, being able to go after your dreams, and love. ↗

— Patricia McLinn

#dreams #happiness #dreams

Drama, can never outrun, outweigh, or outlast Dreams. Dreams, always has hope cheering it on. And Victory, is always waiting at the finish line. ↗

— Keith Hammond

#inspiration #practical #spiritual #dreams

Go for your goal, be ambitious. Do what you dream, unlock your wishes. ↗

— Aaron David

#ambitious #inspirational-quotes #dreams