Alatorre Associates Quotes & Sayings

time. Take a lot of it at the beginning of the writing process. I'm not talking about hours or even days. I'm talking about weeks. Don't make the amateurish mistake of getting a hot premise and immediately running off to write scenes. You'll get twenty to thirty pages into the story and run into a dead end you can't escape. — John Truby

All wholesome food is caught without a net or trap. — William Blake

I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help. — Sam Shepard

Sometimes even hearing a bad idea is a great way to get to a good idea. — Charlie Day

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation. — Ryne Sandberg

How lucky you are, Noah. Everyone wants to enjoy you, even from a distance. — Pierce Smith

Yes, I know everything can disappear in a flash of light. That doesn't make anything less valuable. — Kamila Shamsie

The disgust of distinguished people for snobs who want to force themselves upon them, the virile man has for the invert, the woman for every man who is too much in love with her. — Marcel Proust

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen. — Homer

This moment is always the best one in which to express your care for others. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

Siri!" James screamed at his phone. "Oh my god, Siri, call a damn ambulance!" An icon spun in the middle of the screen as it accessed the internet. "Displaying search results for 'cauliflower ambulance'. — Mikey Neumann

The man has a mouth on him, let me tell you. His kiss could get a girl pregnant. — Rachel Van Dyken

Tell me my heart beats a war drum
that my eyes are not just armies
but my spine
is a harpoon. — Buddy Wakefield

Narrative is the beginning of recovery. — Amanda Ripley

Time means succession, and succession, change: Hence timelessness is bound to disarrange Schedules of sentiment. — Vladimir Nabokov