Fit Quote by Tony Hillerman Download Open image “I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.” — Tony Hillerman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fit Mind Psychology Setting Stories Trying
I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story you're writing.… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
I've always set my stories in places I know well. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters if I'm… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
I know from experience that I make the best decisions when I'm into the story and inspired by the story, not when I'm sitting… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I find that… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
To be completely honest, I just like whatever tells a good story. Put me in whatever setting, scenario, genre. If you're telling a good… — Drew Roy Copy Share Image
With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the… — John Sandford Copy Share Image
Setting can be something that is a major player in a scene, something that makes the mood leap from the page. But if an… — Kim Smith Copy Share Image
I always let the characters guide the stories. They really let me know what they want to say and what action they want to… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Setting is the soul of your story...Improve upon it, and it will take your writing to the next level.” — Richard Ridley Copy Share Image
Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
“But if I'd known I was going to live so damn long, I'd have taken better care of myself.” — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff. — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
The first Chapter Law is, "Don't spend much time on it. You're going to have to rewrite it." — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light… — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place. — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
“Someone had been digging. Someone had been looting. A pot hunter. A Thief of Time.” — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for… — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
Thoughts, and words that spring from them, bend the individual's reality. To speak of death is to invite it. To think of sorrow is… — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
Plenty of white space and generous line spacing,and don't make the type size too miserly. Then you will be assured of a product fit… — Giambattista Bodoni Copy Share Image
Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make… — Enrico Fermi Copy Share Image
Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
There's a place in Botswana where there are 100,000 elephants living in a single population. Think of the amount of space they need. Remember,… — Patrick Bergin Copy Share Image
Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run… — Anton du Beke Copy Share Image
Success will not be yours unless you measure your dream. And guess what? Once you have measured it, people will say it's too big… — Francisco Leon Copy Share Image
Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The God in whose hands are all our days and ways, did cast into my hand one day a book of Martin Luthers; it… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
I kind of pride myself on coming onto things that are well-oiled machines and finding a way to bring what I bring and fit… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
I always knew that I was kind of bored; the regular life of a child didn't fit me. — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
I've been in real estate for a long time and I always try to stay on the edge. I'm really excited about the partnership… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
