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A good editor-and I don't claim to be one-can deduce the ideal elements of a writer's style and story and administer the necessary guidance to trick the writer into revealing it.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writers, style, ideal, good, good luck

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on...

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

Quote by Lynn Abbey

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The...

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about being

If I was in charge of the movies I wouldn't let them put...

If I was in charge of the movies I wouldn't let them put any of those reveals or tricks on the DVDs because I hate them.

Quote by Michael Caine about hate

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a...

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

Quote by Donald O'Connor about couple, day

The really tricky parts turned out to be the details of...

The really tricky parts turned out to be the details of manipulating cards, chip stacks and multiple pots in 3 dimensions.

Quote by Tim Page

I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think...

I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick.

Quote by Brad Paisley about opinion, home

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at...

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about opinion, forgetness

Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not...

Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.

Quote by Sara Paretsky

You know, and it really doesn't have a lot to do with the movie. That's the trick to doing a good musical is that, if you take that music number out, there's less to the movie there. You would miss it.

Quote by Trey Parker about numbers, music, good, good luck

So it was a bit tricky, 'cause most of the people in...

So it was a bit tricky, 'cause most of the people in London belonged to this London clique and we didn't. So we didn't go to parties or hang out.

Quote by Andy Partridge about people

Patterson Beams was probably the most tricky. Even now, ...

Patterson Beams was probably the most tricky. Even now, every time I change it is worrisome because of the possible unintended consequences.

Quote by Robert Patterson about consequences, change, time

Life is pretty simple: you do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

Quote by Leonardo da Vinci about life

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

Quote by Richard Burton about recollection, events, memory, dream, man, life

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows...

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.

Quote by Jean Anouilh about god, devil

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

Quote by Dorothy Parker about opinion, old, olderness

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The...

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.

Quote by Gary Sinise about career, time

Happiness is like a scooter; once you are up and running, you can just scoot along. It's getting up and running in the first place that's the tricky bit.

Quote by Guy Browning about happiness

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop...

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

Quote by Ingrid Bergman about kiss, nature

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