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Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does.


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Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you.

Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you.



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Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd naturally do.



Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end.

Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end.



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All [tv] shows are like cigarettes. You watch two, you have a higher chance of watching three. They're all addictive.



Don't be so hard on yourself, don't put pressure on yourself, life is just a chain of experiments and results, and you'll be perfect when you're dead.

Don't be so hard on yourself, don't put pressure on yourself, life is just a chain of experiments and results, and you'll be perfect when you're dead.



I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.



I always try to use my medium, and if I get into a normal sitcom-writing contest with normal sitcom writers, I'm going to lose.

I always try to use my medium, and if I get into a normal sitcom-writing contest with normal sitcom writers, I'm going to lose.



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I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.



Pretty sad. Pretty lonely. But that's how I prefer it? I quess? I guess. It's a good guess. It's the best quess ever.

Pretty sad. Pretty lonely. But that's how I prefer it? I quess? I guess. It's a good guess. It's the best quess ever.



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The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.





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If worrying cannot get you out of a negative condition, liberate yourself from it by all means, and focus fully on finding solutions.



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The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.



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Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic.



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Quintana of Charyn's body was a map of hatred.



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cruelty is the only thing that strikes me as completely unforgivable. The unpardonable sin.




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