By: Monica Gupta,
on 3/11/2015
कुछ जानी अंजानी बातें इकबाल आजाद से (मशहूर टीवी अदाकार) एक अच्छे अदाकार की यही खासियत होती है कि वो जिस भी किरदार मे ढले अपनी अमिट छाप छोड जाए. मशहूर टीवी अभिनेता “इकबाल आजाद” अपने हर रोल में ना सिर्फ अपनी छाप छोडने में कामयाब रहे हैं बल्कि असल जिंदगी मे भी उनके व्यक्तित्व … Continue reading IQBAL AZAD
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By: Ronica Stromberg,
on 12/10/2011
For a long time, I’ve gathered quotations about writing and the writing life and thought I might use these in a presentation or an article about writing. Now I’ve decided to share the quotations here as a Christmas gift from me to you. Perhaps one will inspire you or give you a new insight. If you have a favorite writing quotation I missed, please share it in the comments section.
“Writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” — Gene Fowler
“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.” — A.A. Milne
“The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.” — John Steinbeck
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London
“A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.” — Samuel Johnson
“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” — E.L. Doctorow
“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” — E.M. Forster
“The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.” — John Le Carré
If you would not be forgotten,
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worthy reading,
Or do things worth the writing.
– Benjamin Franklin
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.” — Robert Frost
“All fiction is largely autobiographical and much autobiography is, of course, fiction.” — P.D. James
“Journalism largely consists in saying, ‘Lord Jones is dead’ to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.” — G.K. Chesterton
“There is so much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” — Oscar Wilde
“I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
“What I would say to a young person trying to become a writer is ‘Don’t.’ It won’t make any difference because they’ll do it anyway, but they really shouldn’t.” — A.L. Kennedy
“Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.” — Gore Vidal
“Most editors are failed writers–but so are most writers.” — T.S. Eliot
“Nature fits all her children with something to do, He who would write and can’t write, can surely review.” — James Russell Lowell
“Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck–but, most of all, endurance.” — James Baldwin.
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By: Beth Brezenoff, Managing Editor,
on 6/9/2010
The Bank Street Children’s Book Committee has presented its 2010 edition of The Best Children’s Books of the Year, one of the most comprehensive annotated book lists for children aged infant-14, and a Stone Arch Books title is included in the book! The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles each year for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. It chooses the best 600 books, both fiction and nonfiction, which it lists according to age and category. You can access the online version of the book at http://www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/.
Famous, one of the books in our David Mortimore Baxter series, is the story of what happens when reality tv meets real life--David's real life. His family is on Trading Moms. The family is excited for their brush with fame, but when David finds out that the mom moving into his house is the mom of his arch nemesis, things get crazy!
I loved working on these books. Author Karen Tayleur created a character who's funny and real. David is a typical middle-schooler, but his life is anything but ordinary! What's more, the books themselves aren't ordinary--they're full of great fonts, making the reading experience fun and interesting, and the margin art (by our very own Brann Garvey) helps bring the characters to life. These books are laugh-out-loud funny, sweet, and would make fabulous summer reading for boys and girls alike. I'm thrilled that Bank Street has chosen Famous for its 2010 list!
With being an actor, comes certain responsibilities that you might not have asked for in the first place. Like one of them that almost all actors have to deal with on a daily basis is: Being famous.
You may be thinking, but being famous would be an advantage right? Well, being famous has it’s advantages but it also has disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is of course, fame. Fame brings many things to you, that you might not want. Like for instance, people following you around trying to get a good picture of you or trying to exploit you like the many reporters do to make a quick buck. You have to be careful about what you wear, what you do, how you act, and sometimes you can’t even be yourself around other people. Another disadvantage about being an actor/actress would be the competition for jobs. You have to really try and try to get good at acting and if you don’t get a job then it will discourage you or if you can’t get enough jobs then you might not make enough cash. The thing is, you have to really compete with other people to get a good job like the one for the Harry Potter movies or the Twilight movie. Both earned millions and millions of dollars but also both were great movies. If you get to be in a great movie, you have a chance to get fame and money. But acting can be a tedious career because of the fame and competition.
But, being famous has it’s advantages. Now not all these advantages are, what people say, ethnically Correct. You can use your fame to sway people choices in life, or make them believe in what they didn’t believe in before. Also, fame has it’s advantages money wise, the money can be used to help people or even the economy. Like for example, the actor Will Smith donated a large amount of money to assist Katrina victims. He also donated $4,600 to the presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama. - Told to me by my friend, Krause.
Being an actor can be extremely fun though. After watching countless hours of interviews with different actors by reporters, I find out how fun being an actor can really be. Like for example, in the movie “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson, has tons of fun playing the main characters. I’ve watched a lot of different interviews between these three actors in general because they seem to have a lot of experience in acting and has tons of fun on set. Now not all movies can be as fun as Harry Potter, so I’ve watched other actor interviews from different movies like “Transformers 2″ and “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull”.
I for one, have no acting experience except for high school drama class. So, I might not be the best one to judge if it is worth it or not, but it definitely can be a great career to take. Now for the pros and cons about being an actor.
Pros:
Cons:
These pros and cons may vary from different actors but that’s mainly what I see the pros and cons about being an actor is.
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Great post thanks. I really enjoyed it very much.
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I really like the quote by E.L. Doctorow, I have used that before for my Facebook status. It is SO appropriate! All of these are good, thanks and Merry Christmas!
This is great. Thanks for the list. Here is one of my favorites:
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” ~Cicero, 106-43 BC
Here are two more for you, Ronica (my own personal favourites):
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. (Olin Miller)
There is no such thing as writer’s block for writers whose standards are low enough. (American poet William Stafford)