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I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending. Marian Keyes

Happy People Ending Made Some People Defensive Books Say Worthless Would Some Rather Only Unrealistic Write Never Feel Yes Than Get Endings While Again Them Your Used Even Published

People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one. Marina Abramovic

Relationship People Ending Put Effort Little Much Starting

As a writer, you're making a pact with the reader; you're saying, 'Look, I know and you know that if this book was really a murder investigation, it would be a thousand pages long and would be very dull, and you would be very unhappy with the ending.' Mark Billingham

As a producer, it's not unusual to find yourself on the field, backstage, often with a camera crew and living with constant anxiety of accidentally ending up in the shot. Mary Pilon

Yourself Anxiety Ending Field Living Crew Backstage Find Constant Unusual Accidentally Camera Up Often Shot Producer

I think stories do have an ending. I think they need to have an ending eventually because that is a story: a beginning, middle and end. If you draw out the end too long, I think storytelling can get tired. Melissa Rosenberg

Tired You Ending Long Beginning Think Too Draw Out Because End Get Middle Stories Story Storytelling Eventually Need

I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door. Michael Ondaatje

Ending See Poem Open Open Door Door Novel

While most episodes have a beginning, middle, and an ending, finales on 'Game of Thrones' are just one ending after another after another, as each of the storylines needs to wrapped up or at least attended to in some way. Miguel Sapochnik

I always tend to tilt dark on an ending, because I feel like, especially with horror movies, those are the endings that don't evaporate. Those are the ones that stick with you. Mike Flanagan

You Dark Ending Those Horror Horror Movies Tend Feel Like Because Stick Always Tilt Endings Movies Evaporate

I always like things to be as complicated as possible. I don't like an easy ending. I don't like when all the pieces get tied up. As a viewer who loves stories and storytelling, that annoys me. Miriam Shor

Me Complicated Ending Possible Easy Like Pieces Annoys Tied Always Up Get Stories Loves Storytelling Viewer Who Things

I could very well see myself ending my professional career at Kaiserslautern. Miroslav Klose

Myself Ending See Could Well Very Professional Professional Career Career

In 1988, the Summer Olympics were held in Korea, which was a divided country... It was an opportunity for the East and the West to come together in harmony and also take a significant role in ending the Cold War era. Moon Jae-in

The most-asked question when someone describes a novel, movie or short story to a friend probably is, 'How does it end?' Endings carry tremendous weight with readers; if they don't like the ending, chances are they'll say they didn't like the work. Failed endings are also the most common problems editors have with submitted works. Nancy Kress

Work Ending Problems Tremendous Say Carry Someone Weight Failed Like Most Also Readers Does How Editors Question Friend End Submitted Endings Short Common Movie Short Story Story Works Novel Chances

You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel. Nancy Kress

You Ending Everything Fact Without Up In Fact Novel

People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of. Nellie Bly

I enjoy a third act, and I like stories with ending. A lot of my frustration with serialized storytelling is a lot of shows don't have a third act. They have an endless second act, and then they find out it's their last year and often have to hustle to invent a third act, but they were never necessarily organically meaning to begin with. Nic Pizzolatto

Frustration Ending Invent Year Enjoy Out Find Hustle Never Like Were Lot Begin Endless Often Stories Storytelling Meaning Organically Then Act Shows Necessarily Second Last Third Last Year

Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility. Nicole Ari Parker

Life Needs Age Ending Responsibility Beginning Every Imagination Way Parent He He Or She Attention She Knows Because Very Child Your Moment Specific Early Early Life

I had never written anything before in my life except maybe in high school when I wrote a short story, and my mother had to put an ending on that. Nicole Jordan

Life School Mother Ending My Life Before High High School Except Never Had Written Put Wrote Maybe Short Anything Short Story Story

In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war ended in an uneasy stalemate. Noah Feldman

War Ending President Ruins Unpopular Lay Had Put Korea Korean Korean War His South Left End South Korea Uneasy Ended Predecessor After Eisenhower Eager Deeply

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through. Norah Jones

Crazy You Ending Other Side Once Out See Something Through Like Go Frustrating Really Many Phases

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism. Patricia Ireland

Women Racism Ending Decision Oppose Those Empowerment Answer Advocate Behalf Children Want CEO Really Who Grassroots Strengthen Appointment

We all have different thresholds for sentimentality. For me, it's a hard won happy ending. Paul Bettany

Me Happy Ending Won Different Happy Ending Sentimentality Hard

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