- Nov 07, 2020
Down Quotes
Working the count, and watching things slip.
This page uses "down" across very different contexts — a baseball strategy built on working the count against a hitter's expectations, and a theory of absurdist humor rooted deep in the subconscious. For lighter, forward-looking sayings, try Downside quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really just sat down to write. I mean, I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some ways. I always feel between worlds, between cultures, and I think that's not necessarily a bad place for a writer to be. Writers are kind of on the fringe anyway, observing, writing things down. I'm still mostly American, but it's a nice tension.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
- Nov 07, 2020
Once you have children, you're basically hunkered down until at least late high school.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go down the ice, I feel it, the wind in the side of my hair, and then I got the party in the back.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the blockchain, you have a public ledger, which is the form of ownership. That means you are not doing net settlement - just netting everything down, which means that everything has been turned into fungible numbers.
- Nov 07, 2020
Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.
- Present
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.
- Cause
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020