Daniel Alarcon
Related BRITNEY SPEARS Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm play... ISAAC BROCK WILLIAM COBBETT can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to ... AGATHA CHRISTIE CYNTHIA VOIGT I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think. JULIETTE BINOCHE We all love to sing, and when we sit down to write a song I think it kind of shows itself to us. DAVE HAYWOOD HENRY DAVID THOREAU The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be... SANDRA K. COOK PAUL MCCARTNEY I really do have to sit down and make decision and it's hard to do. It's like I'm putting the city t... CHRISTOPHER DAVIS This song probably has the most memorable melody we've ever recorded. I really like how we're using ... ED KOWALCZYK JODI PICOULT JERRY SPINELLI SAM SMITH GEORGE MACDONALD FLANNERY O'CONNOR AVRIL LAVIGNE I think some offers have been made, but I really don't know about them. I will have to sit down with... LAURA SOLON What it takes is to actually write: not to think about it, not to imagine it, not to talk about it, ... LUANNE RICE HUNTER S. THOMPSON WALTER ISAACSON BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I don't think it's going to be a wide margin either way, ... But I do believe it will pass. Because ... BART PETERSON BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do... JOHN SAYLES JEFFREY FRY I ought to be more hardboiled; I'd like to be. I don't think I have it in me. To write in cl... JESSE KELLERMAN If "how to do it" were the answer, it'd be done. It's how you do the "hows" that's most important. JEFF OLSON LORII MYERS AYN RAND BARBARA KINGSOLVER ZOE KAZAN When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the ... JOHN POMFRET BRET EASTON ELLIS Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS CHARLIE KAUFMAN It's hard not to love everything Prada does. HAILEE STEINFELD It slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down t... ALEX GARLAND People become more ignorant when it comes to religion. DANIEL MELGAçO You need a unified view of what's going on. If you can't impose structure and discipline on (develop... DANNY SABBAH BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be s... LORRIE MOORE It isn't easy, it does take an incredible amount of discipline, you don't just write just when you f... MADELEINE L'ENGLE JACKIE COLLINS JACKIE COLLINS Guys like him, I'd like to get a chance to sit down and have a chat with. I think I can learn a lot ... BRAD HARMAN A Ritual to Read to Each OtherWILLIAM STAFFORD KEIRA KNIGHTLEY ZOE KAZAN In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago... JESS ROW COLLEEN HOOVER TOM CLANCY TOM CLANCY SALMAN RUSHDIE It's a tough thing. But I think the Rowland Hall kids really have a lot of discipline. These kids, b... LARRY JACKSON ZARA LARSSON TOMMY LEE SARA SHEPARD Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There sh... DOROTHY B. HUGHES BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA CRAIG GROESCHEL HENRY MILLER DEYTH BANGER I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broke... VAL MCDERMID TOM ROBBINS LAUREN OLIVER You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poe... CALVIN TRILLIN FLANNERY O'CONNOR How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS MATTHEW QUICK Life is given. Success is not. That's exactly why many people do not succeed, because the path isn't... NICO DEAN FULGENZI KAREN MARIE MONING Seasoning one’s claims with self-irony and modesty, cultivating a tolerance for moral ambiguity, p... JANE BENNETT Broken down into manageable chunks, the biggest projects become easy to conquer. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN
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I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering... 
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write. 
I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to ... 
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a ye... 
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. 
When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get i... 
Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the mu... 
She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. 
I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'... 
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... 
The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its... 
It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about somet... 
One of the few ways I can almost be certain I'll understand something is by sitting down and writing... 
If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only ... 
The internet is killing the art of writing. The big "publish" button begs you to publish even before... 
You cannot control what other people do, only how you react to it. 
There is no one right way. 
Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'... 
When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist. 
Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it ... 
I'm not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces hims... 
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplay... 
Every book is worth reading. If it cannot make you wiser it will make you a critic 
One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to... 
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write! 
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!. 
Yes, I have breasts. So does 50% of the population. Do we really have to waste time talking about mi... 
I'm bored," he says.
I think about the characters I've created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what the... 
I think about the characters I've created and then I sit down and start typing and see what they... 
I have a deep feeling for Kashmir, and I just had to write this book, ... [But] it's very hard to wr... 
For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. ... 
I don't specifically sit down to write a Motley Crue song, so for me, that's how it works. T... 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it 
You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do. 
I will never again go to people under false pretenses even if it is to give them the Holy Bible. I w... 
How to get it, I annoy you???
When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle. 
I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free ... 
When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can w... 
That is how to live: in the choosing. There are no rules but those you make for yourself. 
Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information... 
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to ... 
We come to know best what men are, in their worse jeopardizes. 
The wise are above books. 
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out ... 
I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone. 
Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running expe... 
Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very oft... 
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. 
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. 
Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the... 
I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It giv... 
I'm not an easy person to love. There are lots of times when I'm a very good boyfriend, but ... 
Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is ... 
While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and... 
Almost always, when we have fights in movies, they're done in these strange rooms where nothing ... 
Think about Medusa, with the snakes. If you shoot a movie in Europe, the financiers are three snakes... 
If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you... 
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga... 
This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Brun... 
In order for a service to be social, you've really got to start from the ground up. The fact tha... 