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Maria Semple quotes: Take a picture. It lasts longer. Take a picture. It lasts longer.
Maria Semple quotes: I felt so alone in this world, and so loved at the same time. The I felt so alone in this world, and so loved at the same time. The
Maria Semple quotes: I was a ghost on a ghost ship in a ghost island I was a ghost on a ghost ship in a ghost island
Maria Semple quotes: There was no relief deeper than being loved by the person who'd known you the longest. There was no relief deeper than being loved by the person who'd known you the longest.
Maria Semple quotes: I stormed out and got ice cream and cried in my car I stormed out and got ice cream and cried in my car
Maria Semple quotes: You bet your bindi that's how big I want it. You bet your bindi that's how big I want it.
Maria Semple quotes: There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator. There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.
Maria Semple quotes: I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them. I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.
Maria Semple quotes: I got a huge knot in my stomach because if Antarctica could talk, it would be saying only one thing: you don't belong here. (277) I got a huge knot in my stomach because if Antarctica could talk, it would be saying only one thing: you don't belong here. (277)
Maria Semple quotes: I have a high tolerance for pain, but a low tolerance for discomfort. I have a high tolerance for pain, but a low tolerance for discomfort.
Maria Semple quotes: You've traded vocabulary, lucidity, and memory for motherhood. You've traded vocabulary, lucidity, and memory for motherhood.
Maria Semple quotes: In order to make the April mortgage, Kurt had been forced to sell all his CDs, disconnect his Internet, and never set foot in a Jamba Juice. In order to make the April mortgage, Kurt had been forced to sell all his CDs, disconnect his Internet, and never set foot in a Jamba Juice.
Maria Semple quotes: Have you ever heard that the brain is a discounting mechanism? Have you ever heard that the brain is a discounting mechanism?
Maria Semple quotes: I'd say I never considered myself a great architect. I'm more of a creative problem solver with good taste and a soft spot for logistical nightmares. I'd say I never considered myself a great architect. I'm more of a creative problem solver with good taste and a soft spot for logistical nightmares.
Maria Semple quotes: People say Seattle is one of the toughest cities in which to make friends. They even have a name for it, the 'Seattle freeze'. People say Seattle is one of the toughest cities in which to make friends. They even have a name for it, the 'Seattle freeze'.
Maria Semple quotes: The way you might fear a cow sitting down in the middle of the street during rush hour, that's how I fear Canadians. The way you might fear a cow sitting down in the middle of the street during rush hour, that's how I fear Canadians.
Maria Semple quotes: Bernadette and her enthusiasm were like a hippo and water: get between them and you'll be trampled to death. Bernadette and her enthusiasm were like a hippo and water: get between them and you'll be trampled to death.
Maria Semple quotes: But you have a vision. You put a frame around it. You sign your name anyway. That's the risk. That's the leap. But you have a vision. You put a frame around it. You sign your name anyway. That's the risk. That's the leap.
Maria Semple quotes: People who don't get seasick have no idea what it's like. It's not just nausea. It's nausea plus losing the will to live. People who don't get seasick have no idea what it's like. It's not just nausea. It's nausea plus losing the will to live.
Maria Semple quotes: My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world.
Maria Semple quotes: life is one long headwind. To make any kind of impact requires self-will bordering on madness. life is one long headwind. To make any kind of impact requires self-will bordering on madness.
Maria Semple quotes: My summer reading suggestion: Pick a really famous, really long novel. My summer reading suggestion: Pick a really famous, really long novel.
Maria Semple quotes: Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness: LOVE, NINA might be the most charming book I've ever read. Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness: LOVE, NINA might be the most charming book I've ever read.
Maria Semple quotes: If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn't abandon it. Because I remembered: There's always more. If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn't abandon it. Because I remembered: There's always more.
Maria Semple quotes: I don't mind finding these ugly sides to my personality and exaggerating them because that's something you can write towards. I don't mind finding these ugly sides to my personality and exaggerating them because that's something you can write towards.
Maria Semple quotes: One of the main reasons I don't like leaving the house is because I might find myself face to face with a Canadian. One of the main reasons I don't like leaving the house is because I might find myself face to face with a Canadian.
Maria Semple quotes: A live concert needs to be listened to live. Otherwise, it's like eating day-old salad. A live concert needs to be listened to live. Otherwise, it's like eating day-old salad.
Maria Semple quotes: Now that Dad was crying, I was, like, both of us can't be sitting on rocks in Antarctica crying. It's going to be OK, Dad. Now that Dad was crying, I was, like, both of us can't be sitting on rocks in Antarctica crying. It's going to be OK, Dad.
Maria Semple quotes: I think it was Oscar Wilde who said, You wouldn't care about what other people thought about you if you realized how seldom they actually did. I think it was Oscar Wilde who said, You wouldn't care about what other people thought about you if you realized how seldom they actually did.
Maria Semple quotes: I love epistolary novels and became wildly excited when the form presented itself to me. I love epistolary novels and became wildly excited when the form presented itself to me.
Maria Semple quotes: I don't know if it's possible to feel everything all at once, so much that you think you're going to burst. I don't know if it's possible to feel everything all at once, so much that you think you're going to burst.
Maria Semple quotes: I'm not too good when exposed to people I'm not too good when exposed to people
Maria Semple quotes: When I wrote for TV, I was always thinking in terms of character and story. After fifteen years, it became hard-wired in me. When I wrote for TV, I was always thinking in terms of character and story. After fifteen years, it became hard-wired in me.
Maria Semple quotes: If you're so hell-bent on placing blame, I suggest you look in the mirror. If you're so hell-bent on placing blame, I suggest you look in the mirror.
Maria Semple quotes: It's a quantum physics concept where everything that can happen, is happening, in an infinite number of parallel universes. It's a quantum physics concept where everything that can happen, is happening, in an infinite number of parallel universes.
Maria Semple quotes: I asked Joe if he hated Ivy and Bucky. He said, "That would make as much sense as hating a rattlesnake. You don't hate rattlesnakes; you avoid them. I asked Joe if he hated Ivy and Bucky. He said, "That would make as much sense as hating a rattlesnake. You don't hate rattlesnakes; you avoid them.
Maria Semple quotes: I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are. I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
Maria Semple quotes: There was something unspeakably There was something unspeakably
Maria Semple quotes: My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama that's grounded in reality yet slightly unhinged. My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama that's grounded in reality yet slightly unhinged.
Maria Semple quotes: I just feel like there's this illicit thrill in reading other people's mail and spying on their lives. I just feel like there's this illicit thrill in reading other people's mail and spying on their lives.
Maria Semple quotes: You don't have to comment on every boring thing you do." I said. "This isn't Olympic curling. You're just unpacking a suitcase. You don't have to comment on every boring thing you do." I said. "This isn't Olympic curling. You're just unpacking a suitcase.
Maria Semple quotes: don't care where you live, but here in Seattle, our restaurants are better than your restaurants. "Hmmm, don't care where you live, but here in Seattle, our restaurants are better than your restaurants. "Hmmm,
Maria Semple quotes: We need to preserve our neighborhoods, our small business, our local economy. We need to preserve our neighborhoods, our small business, our local economy.
Maria Semple quotes: How's your day so far?""Oh, can't complain," he said. "You?""Can complain, but won't. How's your day so far?"
"Oh, can't complain," he said. "You?"
"Can complain, but won't.
Maria Semple quotes: I know it's a lot. But she can handle it. I'd rather ruin her with the truth than ruin her with lies. I know it's a lot. But she can handle it. I'd rather ruin her with the truth than ruin her with lies.
Maria Semple quotes: The first stop on this crazy train is Kindergarten Junction, and nobody gets off until it pulls into Harvard Station. The first stop on this crazy train is Kindergarten Junction, and nobody gets off until it pulls into Harvard Station.
Maria Semple quotes: Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone. Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone.
Maria Semple quotes: The drivers here are horrible. And by horrible, I mean they don't realize I have someplace to be. The drivers here are horrible. And by horrible, I mean they don't realize I have someplace to be.
Maria Semple quotes: Fast, Cheap, Good. Pick two. Fast, Cheap, Good. Pick two.
Maria Semple quotes: Novels demand a certain complexity of narrative and scope, so it's necessary for the characters to change. Novels demand a certain complexity of narrative and scope, so it's necessary for the characters to change.
Maria Semple quotes: The most random things get her way too full of love The most random things get her way too full of love
Maria Semple quotes: Was it happiness I'd found in my long marriage? Or capitulation? Or is that all happiness is, capitulation? Was it happiness I'd found in my long marriage? Or capitulation? Or is that all happiness is, capitulation?
Maria Semple quotes: In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics. In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics.
Maria Semple quotes: I guess that's what art is: Turning something painful into something people can relate to. I guess that's what art is: Turning something painful into something people can relate to.
Maria Semple quotes: My talent isn't so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions. My talent isn't so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions.
Maria Semple quotes: Pain I'm good with. It's discomfort I can't handle. Pain I'm good with. It's discomfort I can't handle.
Maria Semple quotes: Just because it's complicated, just because you think you can't ever know everything about another person, it doesn't mean you can't try. Just because it's complicated, just because you think you can't ever know everything about another person, it doesn't mean you can't try.
Maria Semple quotes: 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' was surprisingly easy and fun to write because I was feeling such strong emotions. 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' was surprisingly easy and fun to write because I was feeling such strong emotions.
Maria Semple quotes: I think that everyone in Seattle, their daily existence, is enriched by all the charitable giving that is courtesy of Microsoft. I think that everyone in Seattle, their daily existence, is enriched by all the charitable giving that is courtesy of Microsoft.
Maria Semple quotes: But fear not: I do underdog. But fear not: I do underdog.
Maria Semple quotes: Both 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' and my first novel, 'This One is Mine,' are pretty complex on a story level, and fun reads as a result. Both 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' and my first novel, 'This One is Mine,' are pretty complex on a story level, and fun reads as a result.
Maria Semple quotes: I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing. I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.
Maria Semple quotes: I loved you all over again I loved you all over again
Maria Semple quotes: Seattle is the only city where you step in shit and you pray, Please God, let this be dog shit. Seattle is the only city where you step in shit and you pray, Please God, let this be dog shit.
Maria Semple quotes: It's what I imagined England would look like. It's what I imagined England would look like.
Maria Semple quotes: I'm grieving over what a jerk you are... I'm grieving over what a jerk you are...
Maria Semple quotes: She's wearing this backpack with yarn coming out of it, so she can knit while she's standing. She's wearing this backpack with yarn coming out of it, so she can knit while she's standing.
Maria Semple quotes: Maybe that's what religion is, hurling yourself off a cliff and trusting that something bigger will take care of you and carry you to the right place. Maybe that's what religion is, hurling yourself off a cliff and trusting that something bigger will take care of you and carry you to the right place.
Maria Semple quotes: She didn't trust people who didn't like garlic, especially big fried pieces. She didn't trust people who didn't like garlic, especially big fried pieces.
Maria Semple quotes: I don't know if community is something you do or don't believe in, I don't know if community is something you do or don't believe in,
Maria Semple quotes: I'm not the comedy police, but you watch a movie, and everyone's laughing, and then you shake it out, and you realize, 'There's no joke there!' I'm not the comedy police, but you watch a movie, and everyone's laughing, and then you shake it out, and you realize, 'There's no joke there!'
Maria Semple quotes: I love you, Bee," Mom said. "I'm Trying. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. I love you, Bee," Mom said. "I'm Trying. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't.
Maria Semple quotes: Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television. Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television.
Maria Semple quotes: In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more freedom in fiction writing. In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more freedom in fiction writing.
Maria Semple quotes: There's a story that during the filming of Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola had a sign on his trailer: Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick Two. There's a story that during the filming of Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola had a sign on his trailer: Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick Two.
Maria Semple quotes: Failure has got its teeth in me, and it won't stop shaking. Ask Failure has got its teeth in me, and it won't stop shaking. Ask
Maria Semple quotes: As everybody knows, being raised Catholic with half a brain means becoming an atheist. As everybody knows, being raised Catholic with half a brain means becoming an atheist.
Maria Semple quotes: I attended TED in 2007 and 2008, the last two years the conference was held in Monterey. I attended TED in 2007 and 2008, the last two years the conference was held in Monterey.
Maria Semple quotes: In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward. In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward.
Maria Semple quotes: An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society. An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.
Maria Semple quotes: 'Mad About You' fit my sensibility the most of any show that I worked on, and as a result, it was really fun. It felt like a very natural fit. 'Mad About You' fit my sensibility the most of any show that I worked on, and as a result, it was really fun. It felt like a very natural fit.
Maria Semple quotes: My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television. My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.
Maria Semple quotes: Even when I was writing 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' I started to appreciate Seattle's many charms. Even when I was writing 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' I started to appreciate Seattle's many charms.
Maria Semple quotes: My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me. My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me.
Maria Semple quotes: You try your best, or you don't try your best. The mountains don't care. You try your best, or you don't try your best. The mountains don't care.
Maria Semple quotes: If you're an artist and you're on Twitter, you are doomed to mediocrity. If you're an artist and you're on Twitter, you are doomed to mediocrity.
Maria Semple quotes: I steer clear of any novel that gets billed as a 'meditation.' I steer clear of any novel that gets billed as a 'meditation.'
Maria Semple quotes: There's a happiness that comes from writing that I won't live without. There's a happiness that comes from writing that I won't live without.
Maria Semple quotes: I survived many a youth hostel bunk room reading Tolstoy by flashlight. I survived many a youth hostel bunk room reading Tolstoy by flashlight.
Maria Semple quotes: People like you must create. If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society. People like you must create. If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.
Maria Semple quotes: All you can do when it comes to ferries is get in line and hope. All you can do when it comes to ferries is get in line and hope.
Maria Semple quotes: When people die, their handwriting dies too. You don't think about that. When people die, their handwriting dies too. You don't think about that.
Maria Semple quotes: But once Violet saw the inheret sadness in one thing, she couldn't stop. But once Violet saw the inheret sadness in one thing, she couldn't stop.
Maria Semple quotes: I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it's like to feel like busted because you're crazy. I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it's like to feel like busted because you're crazy.
Maria Semple quotes: And dialogue, I'm good at it, and it's because it's the only thing you have to work with in TV writing. And dialogue, I'm good at it, and it's because it's the only thing you have to work with in TV writing.
Maria Semple quotes: This is Seattle. We're supposed to have superior taste. This is Seattle. We're supposed to have superior taste.
Maria Semple quotes: My problems are all problems I'm lucky to have. And I know it, so therein lies the rub. My problems are all problems I'm lucky to have. And I know it, so therein lies the rub.
Maria Semple quotes: On Jan. 1, 2012, I resolved to not buy anything from Amazon for a year. On Jan. 1, 2012, I resolved to not buy anything from Amazon for a year.
Maria Semple quotes: The sky in Seattle is so low, it felt like God had lowered a silk parachute over us. The sky in Seattle is so low, it felt like God had lowered a silk parachute over us.
Maria Semple quotes: Life is a stew, and pot is poop.If someone stirred even a teeny-bit of poop in the stew, would you really want to eat it? Life is a stew, and pot is poop.If someone stirred even a teeny-bit of poop in the stew, would you really want to eat it?

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