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~ Brian Jones, b. 28 February 1942
Archive | February, 2015
Victor Hugo (b. Feb 26): “Sorrow is a fruit…”
26 Feb
“Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.”
~ Victor Hugo, b. 26 February 1802
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Elizabeth George (b. Feb 26): “I have to know the killer…”
26 Feb
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Elizabeth George, born 26 February 1949, is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain. 11 of her novels have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
Quotes on writing:
- It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.
- I wish that I’d known back then that a mastery of process would lead to a product. Then I probably wouldn’t have found it so frightening to write.
- I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can’t be taught. Frankly, I don’t understand this point of view.
- I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.
- Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they’re in. It’s a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.
- Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first… You can’t do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
- Lots of people want to have written; they don’t want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.
Johnny Cash (b. Feb 26): “Success is worrying about everything except money.”
26 Feb
“Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.”
~ Johnny Cash, b. 26 February 1932
George Harrison (b. Feb 25): “You’ve got as many lives as you like…”
25 Feb
“You’ve got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don’t want.”
~ George Harrison, b. 25 February 1943
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Chelsea Handler (b. Feb 25): “I didn’t become a comedian to work this hard.”
25 Feb
“I didn’t become a comedian to work this hard.”
~ Chelsea Handler, b. 25 February 1975
Steve Jobs (b. Feb 24): “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter.”
24 Feb
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.”
~ Steve Jobs, b. 24 February 1955
George Thorogood (b. Feb 24): “This music has been around since before the beard on Moses…”
24 Feb
“This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happened to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do.”
~ George Thorogood, b. 24 February 1950
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Peter Fonda (b. Feb 23): “I don’t trust anybody who didn’t inhale.”
23 Feb
“I don’t trust anybody who didn’t inhale.”
~ Peter Fonda, b. 23 February 1940
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Johnny Winter (b. Feb 23): “People need the blues.”
23 Feb
“I think the blues will always be around. People need it.”
~ Johnny Winter, b. 23 February 1944
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