Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.
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It really makes no difference to me whether I start or come off the bench. Jason is comfortable starting and read more
It really makes no difference to me whether I start or come off the bench. Jason is comfortable starting and he's playing well at the position. Sometimes it helps to sit there and get a feel for the game from the bench and then go in and try to make a difference.
We look at sites like You-Tube and, for that matter, a multitude of other online options as just that new read more
We look at sites like You-Tube and, for that matter, a multitude of other online options as just that new options that we look to embrace. We look to embrace it but not at the expense of infringing copyright.
They weren't the best games we've played, but we played well enough to win. We've got a lot of work read more
They weren't the best games we've played, but we played well enough to win. We've got a lot of work to do, and we're going to work hard tomorrow in practice; I guarantee that. ... We're getting a little lackadaisical, and that's going to end.
We have a generation of young people who have grown up with recycling, and now they can't throw a can read more
We have a generation of young people who have grown up with recycling, and now they can't throw a can away. I think that will happen with water conservation. The priority should be in helping people learn how to do it themselves.
In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined.
In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined.
Weather impacts business across every segment, and this is the most innovative way to hedge that risk.
Weather impacts business across every segment, and this is the most innovative way to hedge that risk.
It's for a great cause, making fools of ourselves. Anything for the kids.
It's for a great cause, making fools of ourselves. Anything for the kids.
They (the kidnappers) were terrorists from the south. We have not identified their specific group . . . We have read more
They (the kidnappers) were terrorists from the south. We have not identified their specific group . . . We have launched pursuit operations,
As the number of public hospitals continues to decline, the concern remains to what extent non-profit and for-profit hospitals are read more
As the number of public hospitals continues to decline, the concern remains to what extent non-profit and for-profit hospitals are taking or will take on greater responsibilities as safety net providers, and to what degree their focus is on attracting the healthiest of Medicaid patients, leaving the sickest and costliest patients to the care of the remaining public or major safety net hospitals.
