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The dirty little secret about adventure writing is that something has to go wrong.


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There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place.



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I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better.



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No amount of money could make me play for Liverpool, that isn't disrespect to Liverpool or their fans, it's respect for Everton



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A constant ongoing joke among the people that I travel with is my absolutely hopeless sense of direction. I'm able to get lost a half an hour from camp. I don't know how I do this.



The sensual caress of waist deep cold smoke.... glory in skiing virgin snow, in being the first to mark the powder with the signature of their run.

The sensual caress of waist deep cold smoke.... glory in skiing virgin snow, in being the first to mark the powder with the signature of their run.



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Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.



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My concept of drama requires obstacles, and there's no obstacles in comfort.



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I see many people trying to write well about the wilderness, and essentially failing. To me there are basically two aspects of a failed outdoor story. One is the phony epiphany on the mountain top.





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The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.



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I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.



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