Nceapa Conference Quotes & Sayings

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with. — John Ratzenberger

They could never quite reconcile themselves to the idea that our lives don't follow the dramatic arc that a good author gives to a great literary character. Only in accidents of pure perfection does the world actually become a stage. (Rule of Four, 54-55) — Ian Caldwell

If you can be anything else but a writer, be it. — Kate Braverman

Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing. — R. K. Milholland

Why?" she asked softly. "You don't even like me, Steele. You can barely stand to be in my presence." He pulled her back close, trapping her in his arms, his gaze boring into hers. "Why do you think that is, Maren? You're an intelligent woman. You saw the hard-on I had for you earlier. Put two and two together and I bet you'll find your answer." "You're attracted to me," she whispered. — Maya Banks

Maybe loving him out loud would make a difference. — Dannika Dark

All great novels are great fairy tales. — Vladimir Nabokov

Men are just as willing as women to marry up, and life is now giving them the opportunity ... So, women, own up to your accomplishments, buy him a drink, and tell him what you really do. — Liza Mundy

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it. — Lyndon B. Johnson

The rooms were small and airless and cramped. To make matters worse, somebody in our group was making the most dreadful silent farts. Fortunately, it was me, so I wasn't nearly as bothered as the others. — Bill Bryson

Where I come from, all of us wanted to be footballers. We played all the time; that's all we did at school or wherever until it went dark and you couldn't see the ball. — Sean Bean

He left his hoofprints burnt into my heart — Berneen Vidra

It's always funny to find what people's button is. — Seth Rogen

The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. — Charles Bronson

Abandon knowledge and your worries are over. — Laozi