All novelists write in a different way, but I always write in longhand and then do two versions of typescript on a computer.
If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking.
People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
It doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful.
It would be nice to find a ‘planet of trees and birds’ in the space; only trees and birds, millions of different trees and millions of different birds!
There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns - different states, if possible - and write each other letters once a year.
The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
When you coach Russ Smith, you have a nervous breakdown on every possession. He's not from a different country. He's from a different planet.
The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine.
All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.
In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form of moral specialisation within humanity.
That's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.
The thing most consistently on my desk as I write is a cat - a different one at different times of the day. I think I'm more a part of their ritual.
To be quite honest, I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.
I get noticed for different things I've done in different areas of town. If I'm in a rock club, it'll be Skid Row, if I'm in a mall it's the 'Gilmore Girls.'
One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently.
Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
We cannot force others to behave differently if they disagree with us. But if we change what we are saying or doing, they may respond differently.
I love digging myself into books because the moment I'm drifted from reality, I'm in a different world and I'm a different person.
Christians ought to have a different approach to business. As believers, we should view work as both service and a form of worship.
