Block Quotes - Page 8

• Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a good evocation of writer's block.

  Martin Amis

  Writing, Sound, Novel

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• Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story.

  Meg Cabot

  Stories, Arise, Writer's Block

  "Writing Tips from Meg Cabot!". www.seventeen.com. September 4, 2008.

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• Reprogramming the unconscious beliefs that block fuller awareness of creative/intuitive capabilities depends upon a key characteristic of the mind, namely that it responds to what is vividly imagined as though it were real experience.

  Willis Harman

  Real, Keys, Creative

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• I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

  Jodi Picoult

  Believe, Writing, Night

  "Jodi Picoult on Writing, Publishing, and What She’s Reading". Interview with Noah Charney, www.thedailybeast.com. April 3, 2012.

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• In all of my looking at happiness, one thing I noticed right away is that the opposite of happiness isn't unhappiness or even depression, it's anxiety. It is something that can constantly block our happiness, or our chance to reach that sort of meditative state in our work or our home lives.

  Ariel Gore

  Happiness, Home, Opposites

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• Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

  Liu Xiaobo

  Wisdom, Struggle, Life And Death

  "China's endless literary inquisition" by Liu Xiaobo, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2010.

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• The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal.

  Paul D. Boyer

  Home, Byu, Tuition

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• Spreadable butter is wonderful for cake-making: it's much easier to cream than the block type and slightly lighter because it's blended with oil.

  Jane Asher

  Cake, Oil, Wonderful

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• The problem with TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopping block.

  Elisha Cuthbert

  Competition, Tvs, Problem

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• All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who are creative to do what they need to do without having institutions block their art.

  Ava DuVernay

  Art, Doors, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is a real hunger for information about Obama and a sense that information is not being covered or, in some cases, even being withheld. There is a sense that there are elements of the media that are protective of Obama, that they would rather block a story that is embarassing about Obama than let the American public decide.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Real, Media, Stories

  "Filmgoers flock to anti-Obama doc" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. August 24, 2012.

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• When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.

  Caio Fonseca

  Art, Rushing, Creative

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• If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks about the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain. I know what's wrong with me!

  Dorothea Benton Frank

  Crazy, Writing, Creative

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• When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.

  Greta Gerwig

  School, College, Play

  "Greta Gerwig on Damsels In Distress and tap-dancing into a role". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. April 4, 2012.

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• I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

  Mireille Guiliano

  Flower, Garden, Cities

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• Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet. In one sense, it's about protecting yourself; in another sense, it's about always being open to surprise, even from the set, because there may be some detail that you hadn't noticed. I think this is crucial. There are many pictures that seem good in so many ways except one: They lack a sense of surprise, they've never left the page.

  Martin Scorsese

  Inspiration, Thinking, Pages

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• Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time.

  Lukas Foss

  Wall, Artist, Creative

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• The president deserves someone who can block for his policies.

  Judd Gregg

  President, Policy, Deserve

  "I couldn't be Judd Gregg". Interview with Martin Kady II and David Rogers, www.politico.com. February 12, 2009.

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• Marriage is all about knowing the ins and outs and the intimate details, and your wife is supposed to be the person you know best. But my brother and I think alike, know everything about one another, and when we get together, we block everything else out. Nothing exists in our world except for us.

  Jon Heder

  Brother, Thinking, Our World

  "Revenge Of The Nerd". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. March 27, 2007.

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• During the aftermath of Katrina, National Guard troops were positioned on every block to establish a sense of safety and source of help for the people in need. They did not leave communities until people were safe and sound.

  Russel Honore

  Safe And Sound, People, Safety

  "Gen. Honoré: Sandy recovery is stumbling" by Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2012.

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• The 'stream' we call science always flows forward; sometimes reactionary beavers block its flow, but the stream is never defeated by this; it accumulates, gathers strength; its waters get over the barrage and continue on their course. The advancement of science is the advancement of God, for science is nothing but human intelligence, and human intelligence is the most valuable treasure God has bequeathed us.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Science, Water, Advancement

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• Stand By Me' was really great for me and my buddies; we'd all watch that together because that was us - we were down in the creek and hanging out every day and going on little adventures. I had about sixteen friends who are all about the same age as me and lived in a three-block radius. We spent our entire childhood down in that creek.

  Scoot McNairy

  Adventure, Childhood, Stand By Me

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• Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I am the sum of all I read.

  Jonathan Hull

  Book, Soul, Defense

  Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books

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• The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.

  Erica Jong

  Past, Joy, Shadow

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 06, 2012

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• Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

  Jeremy Paxman

  Cynicism, Journalist, Search For Truth

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