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Short fiction isn't my natural form. It's taken a lot of work over the years to finally feel more comfortable writing stories under 80,000 words! ”
I can't change the preconceived notions a reader brings to a work, but I can do my best to be aware of, address, and subvert tropes and expectations that readers may have as best I can and hope I don't screw it up too much. ”
We're the only ones who can change our reality. ”
I have an excellent team, a great manager, and we're going to put something together: we're going to start a foundation, and we're going to change lives. ”
When I first got into the sport, or first got into athletics, I always felt that sense of responsibility that I was destined for something bigger, that I was going to do something major. ”
To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight. ”
We've got to keep our eye on what's happening with Russia and North Korea. We cannot lose sight of domestic policy, either. Healthcare. Immigration. Climate change. ”
I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change. ”
I think beauty shows exteriorly what you are feeling inside; so if you are not in a great mood, it shows on your face a lot. ”
You can't force people to change. You can only give them the option. ”