While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is to set the stage, to pull the reader in.
I have my whole office set-up at waist level; I don't sit at all during the day. Sitting, to me, is the devil.
When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.
Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.
I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.
We are reinventing the world. We've set the ball spinning with little concern for where and how it's going to stop.
It's not coincidence that the U.S. is in last place in the world in terms of corporate tax rate. It's because our system is set up to block tax reform.
The idea of suicide is of a very set narrative, as if killing yourself is a definitive statement. But it can be just as meaningless as throwing a stone in a river.
It is easier to set a limit for yourself, but if you do so you will never reach your true potential. You have an obligation to live up to your potential.
Have you achieved your goal today? Fantastic! Set a goal for tomorrow, next month, next year, and years from now.
It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and there are so many people relying on you in a lot of ways.
I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people.
If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Kool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck.
I had to perform at the White House for the president, That's always kind of a weird set to try to put together.
If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past.
There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.
What a director really does is set the emotional temperature and the mood and the level, amount, or lack of, distance between the action and the character, and the character and the audience.
I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.
Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?
It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.
It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set.
