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And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I'm working on, because they're simply my way of getting to know the characters. ↗

— Norton Juster

#because #between #book #characters #conversation

I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities, but I kept putting off writing it. Instead I started to write what became The Phantom Tollbooth. ↗

— Norton Juster

#became #book #cities #experience #ford

The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way. ↗

— Norton Juster

#communicating #expectation #i #i think #important

It's not a case of: 'Read this book and then you'll think differently. I've written this book, and I don't think differently. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

#case #differently #i #read #then

It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me. ↗

— Al Kaline

#around #because #cobb #comparing #deal

I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I'm able to compete in? ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#best #called #comedian #comedy #compete

Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal? ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#am #basically #characters #could #eavesdrop

Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#debated #eat #fast #fast food #food

I hated L.A. for a long time, and I wanted to leave it. I had these fantasies of going to 'SNL' and falling in love with some writer on 'SNL,' of getting married and living in New York. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#falling in love #fantasies #getting #getting married #going

I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I'll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#angelina jolie #celebrity #day #dream #emmys