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It was important for me early on to find the voice of each character and

figure out what was unique about them and their individual worldview that I could use for comedy or conflict.
Maria Semple

Making children cry for a photographer can be considered mean. But I would say that making children laugh and show off their jeans for an apparel ad is just as exploitative and less natural. Toddlers' natural state, like, 30 percent of the time, is crying, and it doesn't indicate pain or suffering.
Jill Greenberg

My family get so mad at me when they come over. All I'll have in is milk and eggs. I mainly keep film in my fridge - it's better for it; it stops it from going old. I'm bad at eating healthy; I usually just run across the street and get cheeseburgers.
Gia Coppola

Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.
Ernie Els

Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.
Franz Wright

I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.
Cara Delevingne

If you deny people their own voice, you'll have no idea of who they were.
Alice Walker

You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity.
Barry Sternlicht

What I like most about an aquarium is that all ages, from toddlers to pre-schoolers to retired grandparents, can really enjoy the wonders of the sea.
Jim Pattison

I don't write a novel every two years.
Jayne Anne Phillips

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

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