In Hollywood, they think they know it all. You, as a writer, are essentially an outsider. Novelists and short-story writers, especially.
And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.
I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives.
A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
Racism and religious bigotry are two essential pieces of baggage mankind carries as it moves from one century to the next.
Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially.
I think my software is going to become so ubiquitous, so essential, that if it stops working, there will be riots.
An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world.
Rhythm, that's an essential part of cooking. The sound of a lovely song and the smell of some dish in the oven are equally evocative.
The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.
Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.
The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential.
We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest D.C. I was essentially raised by a Panamanian man and a Jamaican woman. That's why I have such a fascination with Jamaican food.
Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
We cannot cut and run. If we are to ensure freedom and democracy, it is essential that we follow through on our obligation to bring about stability in Iraq.
The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.
Cove is essentially a collaboration, coordination and communication tool for the administration of organizations and communities, from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneurship Club to church groups and schools.
It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which makes it so nobody can even have a chance to vote.
We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.
