Magnus was sure that the llama stampede he witnessed was a coincidence. The llamas could not be judging him.
There was no point in wallowing. Magnus refused to wallow. Wallowing was for elephants, depressing people, and depressing elephants.
But the country's disintegrating. What's happened to America? What's happened to the American dream? It came true. You're lookin' at it.
Don't wait for life to happen; life is happening now!
I think about how best to live my grandmother's twin mantras that 'Life is not a dress rehearsal' and 'Life is not about what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.'
Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur.
I repeat one of my mantras. 'This is not happening. This is not real. This did not happen to you. That was someone else.
I don't know what happens if they get bin Laden. I'm much more interested in what happens if they don't get bin Laden.
I always believe that ideas are like shooting stars when you have one make it happen and not just wish.
The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original.
I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next.
Everything that ever happened is just stories now, Earl. But it was all very real to people while it was happening. Wasn't it?
Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional. I'm just saying that can happen.
Normally, the market peaks before bad news emerges. That's what happened in 1929, and that's what happened in 2000.
To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
Well, news is anything that's interesting, that relates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the culture that would be of interest to your audience.
You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.
I follow my own head. And if I'm determined to do something, then I'll make sure that I make it happen.
I think teens are drawn to these speculative books that portray what might happen and what could happen.
I just do a random roulette wheel version of what I've recorded or sometimes tunes I haven't recorded. It's a collection of whatever happens, happens.