George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author.
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I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.
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I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.
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I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.
What we are is what we were always meant to be, and that's writers.
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Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.
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I wish that I had known back then that a mastery of process would lead to a product. Then I probably wouldn't have found it so frightening to write.
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Frank liked me because I went nuts on the piano using feet, head, whatever I could find to bang on the piano.
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I'm planning a different show, though for obvious reasons some of the material will be the same, and of course I will perform material from the new CD.
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We're performing several shows in the Canary Islands.
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At the same time, I definitely want to expand my fan base but not at the expense of prostituting my music or heart.
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He behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts.
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If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League.
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If there was no intentional walks, the guy would just walk him anyway, unintentionally intentionally walk him. You see a lot more of that than what meets the eye.