Directedness Principle Quotes & Sayings

Country was about character. Country's changed because of monsters like Clear Channel who bought up all the stations and sliced them up into formats. Our demographic is now the soccer mom. — Gary Allan

But for today it is working in this
awkward kind of working. And that
is enough for a beginning. — David Levithan

Maybe if the men in my life weren't always making smart-ass comments, they wouldn't have to worry about bruises so much. — Julie Powell

I start every first draft with voice rather than theme or image or even character as such, so it isn't like I'm ever rubbing my hands, cackling, "The dad is really going to take it on the chin in this one!" Not in terms of any given story, and certainly not in terms of the collection as a whole. — Roy Kesey

Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult. — Michael Morpurgo