Personally, one of the most helpful things I learned was three-act structure. For my first four or so novels, I built the… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
In terms of Medicare, I'm in favor of sitting down and having a serious discussion about the likely impact of the Affordable… — Sander Levin Copy Share Image
A sound does not view itself as thought, as ought, as needing another sound for its elucidation, as etc.; it has not… — John Cage Copy Share Image
After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
Mathematics catalogues everything that is not self-contradictory; within that vast inventory, physics is an island of structures rich enough to contain their… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
“Extrapolated, technology wants what life wants: Increasing efficiency Increasing opportunity Increasing emergence Increasing complexity Increasing diversity Increasing specialization Increasing ubiquity Increasing freedom… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
What is the spiritual purpose of the arts? It is to learn structure. Once an artist creates a true structure, then divine… — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
We must recognize that the attempt to set forth the temporal course commonly referred to as the "evolution of mankind" is merely… — Jean Gebser Copy Share Image
In good comedy, the structure comes from truth and that weird eye that looks at the way life is. — Ciaran Hinds Copy Share Image
[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Certainly professionally, yes [I was interested more in history]. And literary criticism, the structure of poetry. But it is primarily as a… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance.… — Aaron Sanchez Copy Share Image
If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home. — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
You could draw certain parallels between the structure of the Pompidou and the structure of the rocket-launching facilities at Cape Canaveral. They… — Kenneth Frampton Copy Share Image
When I have a lot of work to do my life is very distracted, so for me to concentrate on music I… — Suzanne Ciani Copy Share Image
I love fashion from the 1930s and '40s - shoulder pads, high waists, things with structure. That is classy for me. Andrea… — Eva Green Copy Share Image
Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures,… — Rob Pike Copy Share Image
One of the greatest challenges I've faced as a mother-especially in these anxious, winner-takes-all times-is the need to resist the urge to… — Katrina Kenison Copy Share Image
I was asking questions which nobody else had asked before, because nobody else had actually looked at certain structures. Therefore, as I… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium… — Don Paterson Copy Share Image
'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments,… — Caroline Shaw Copy Share Image
I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
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