Tuscano Agency Quotes & Sayings

One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing 'Loving Frank' is that you don't try to disguise what people did; my approach was to try to understand the characters and why they did what they did. — Nancy Horan

The reason the founders chafed at the idea of an American standing army and vested the power of war making in the cumbersome legislature was not to disadvantage us against future enemies, but to disincline us toward war as a general matter ... With citizen-soldiers, with the certainty of a vigorous political debate over the use of a military subject to politicians' control, the idea was for us to feel it- uncomfortably- every second we were at war. But after a generation or two of shedding the deliberate political encumbrances to war that they left us ... war making has become almost an autonomous function of the American state. It never stops. — Rachel Maddow

The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This is true in real life. — Sufjan Stevens

Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. It's a matter of doing everything you can to avoid writing, until it is about four in the morning and you reach the point where you have to write. — Paul Rudnick

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Once in a while, I try to sneak in something less known anyway. — Bobby Short

While few religious leaders and scholars would doubt the commonalities that exist among the various religious groups, the followers of these religions unfortunately struggle in their effort to peacefully coexist. — Alcee Hastings

The first couple of years in the minors were tough for me. My numbers were there, but being away from home so young was tough. — Mike Trout

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter — Gerald Seymour

Truth about Love : You hate the person most whom you love the most & then more you hate, more you love them again & again. — Hemant Shah

In terms of a "career," I never have long-term plans, and certainly don't want to spend several years, say, writing a "long" novel. — Scott Bradfield