My goal is to sweep the reader away from his world and bring him along for the adventure. Learning something new shouldn’t feel like work, nor should today’s younger reader be underestimated. If done correctly, there is no need to “dumb down”...
Fred Carlson: [about The Count of Monte Cristo] We can discuss the book on Friday if you think the count can hold their attention. Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra: He's got a shot. Fred Carlson: Any particular section I should read from? Young Lore...
Vivian: What will your first step be? Philip Marlowe: The usual one. Vivian: I didn't know there was a usual one. Philip Marlowe: Well sure there is, it comes complete with diagrams on page 47 of how to be a detective in 10 easy lessons correspondent...
It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.
This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.
I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.
Twitter is a very easy way to keep in touch.
I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no.
It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit.
It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.
I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.
It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.
I read the 'New York Times', I read 'The Nation', I read 'Newsweek', I read 'Time Magazine', I read 'Politico', I read 'Mediaite'. This is what I do! I read every day, I have interests, I'm like everybody out there who's watching, who's out there wat...
We can do this the easy way,' Oblivious snarled. 'Or the hard way.' 'What's the easy way?' 'You leave immediately.' 'And what's the hard way?' 'We make you leave.' Skulduggery's head tilted. 'What was the easy way again?
It's easy to get jaded. It's easy to get lazy. It's easy to get too self-centric, like, 'Why me? What about my needs?' It has nothing to do with that. But you see, you are the thing you are selling whether you are a director or an actor in this busin...
Easy to run downhill, much puffing to run up.
It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rule one's family.
To be human is easy, to be a human being is difficult.
Water and words are easy to pour but impossible to recover.
