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When they first start doing comedy, new comics or even people that have only been doing it three or four years, they're doing an impersonation of a stand-up. This is what I think a stand-up should sound like.
Erik Griffin
People
Comedy
Three
First
Think
Only
New
Like
Sound
Comics
Doing
Been
Years
Should
Even
Four
Start
It's not like every male comic you meet is funny. Like, a lot of them are not funny.
Erik Griffin
Funny
You
Every
Meet
Like
Comic
Male
Lot
Them
'Workaholics' seems like it's doing wonders for my career.
Erik Griffin
Seems
Like
Doing
Wonders
Career
Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.
Erik Larson
Character
People
World
Country
Think
Approach
Chaotic
Statesmanship
Would
Diplomats
Something
He
Simply
Over-The-Top
Like
Around
Felt
His
Germany
Overwhelmed
Which
Manner
Tolerated
Initially
Violence
By The People
We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany?
Erik Larson
People
Darkness
Power
Living
Our
Berlin
Would
Over
Like
Fell
Course
Hindsight
Era
Been
Arsenal
Germany
I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics.
Erik Larson
Music
Jazz
Though
Kinds
Classics
Tend
Like
Prefer
I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood.
Erik Larson
Music
Myself
Adding
Back
Appropriate
Mood
Kind
Write
Shape
Like
Read
Soundtrack
Listen
Turn
Turn-On
Help
Manuscripts
Portions
As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it just about guarantees that somebody else will be writing a book on the same subject, but being a former journalist, I'm always interested in, like, why write about something today? Why do it now?
Erik Larson
Today
Book
Writing
Care
Will
Somebody
Journalist
Think
Tying
Else
Books
Rule
About
Something
Write
Feel
Anniversary
Like
Also
Readers
Always
Am
Subject
Very
Same
Just
Being
Former
Interested
Skeptical
Now
Why
Guarantees
It's like being involved in a detective story, looking for that thing that nobody else has found.
Erik Larson
Looking
Else
Detective
Detective Story
Nobody
Nobody Else
Like
Involved
Being
Story
Found
Thing
At first glance, the story of the Lusitania doesn't seem like the sort of thing I would take on. I usually like ideas that are a little bit more complex, things that people don't know about - or maybe they once did, but now you bring it to life for them for the first time.
Erik Larson
Life
Time
You
People
First
Once
Bit
Complex
Would
About
Seem
More
Take
Glance
Like
Ideas
Know
Sort
First Time
Did
Maybe
Story
Little
Little Bit
Them
Now
Thing
Things
Bring
I'm open to writing just about anything. I love writing the books that I write. They do tend to be on dark subjects, but I don't think of myself necessarily as a dark-humored person. I like having a lot of fun.
Erik Larson
Love
Myself
Writing
Dark
Think
Books
About
Having
Tend
Write
Open
Like
Lot
Subjects
Person
Just
Anything
Fun
Necessarily
That's been hard being away from the family, because Washington can be lonely. When you tune out of all the activity, that's like, you're alone.
Erik Paulsen
Alone
Family
You
Lonely
Out
Like
Because
Been
Being
Tune
Hard
Washington
Activity
Away
That's the power behind a tool like Facebook Connect. It is making a Web without walls. Facebook allows you to go to other sites to comment, rate, etc., without having to set up a new profile for that site.
Erik Qualman
You
Facebook
Walls
Power
Other
Tool
Web
Rate
Having
New
Like
Without
Making
Go
Up
Comment
Site
Sites
Behind
Etc
Connect
Profile
Set
One thing we seem to be missing is that just as we no longer search for the news, the news finds us today (e.g. this article found me) we will no longer search for products and services, rather we will look to our social graph to what products and services they like and don't like.
Erik Qualman
Today
News
Me
Will
Our
One Thing
Finds
Seem
Rather
Longer
Missing
Like
Look
Article
Just
Social
Us
Products
Graph
Search
Found
Thing
Services
Like the Internet, Bitcoin will change the way people interact and do business around the world.
Erik Voorhees
Business
Change
People
World
Bitcoin
Internet
Will
Way
Like
Around
Interact
ShapeShift, like SatoshiDICE before it, demonstrated how an old business could operate in a brand new way because of the properties of cryptocurrencies.
Erik Voorhees
Business
Old
Before
Way
Properties
Could
ShapeShift
New
Like
Operate
Because
How
Brand
Brand New
New Way
The thing about that too is that we had the same extras everyday. It was such a community. It was like a microcosmic little town. We were like all little towns people with extras and a crew.
Erika Christensen
People
Community
Crew
Too
Everyday
About
Had
Town
Like
Towns
Were
Same
Little
Little Town
Thing
Number one, as an audience member, I tend to like violent movies and TV shows because it's not real.
Erika Christensen
Member
TV
TV Shows
Tend
Like
Because
Audience
Audience Member
Real
Movies
Shows
Violent
Number
My husband gave up all his work to stay at home with the kids, and we split all the duties at home. I do all the boring stuff - like pay the bills, and he does all the exercising for both of us, which I'm very grateful for... I thank him for it regularly.
Erika Slezak
Work
Home
Grateful
Husband
Pay
Gave
Kids
Stay
Boring
Stay-At-Home
Both
Split
He
Stuff
Like
Him
Exercising
Does
His
Up
Very
Thank
Duties
Which
Us
Regularly
Bills
I'd like to find and vote for a candidate, whether Republican or Democrat... that has the best interest in the health and welfare of everybody in this country.
Erin Brockovich
Best
Health
Vote
Welfare
Country
Everybody
Find
Like
Democrat
Candidate
Whether
Interest
Republican
Communities have indicated they'd like support for an advisory board. See, communities want jobs. They don't want a company to go away. They work for those companies. That's how they feed their families, send their kids to college. But they don't want to be poisoned, either.
Erin Brockovich
Work
College
Go Away
Those
Kids
Jobs
See
Poisoned
Feed
Support
Like
Advisory
How
Go
Families
Send
Want
Either
Board
Communities
Companies
Company
Away
It's not just Porter Ranch. There's communities like Chatsworth. There's communities like Northridge. There's communities like Granada Hills - and a lot of them are writing to me.
Erin Brockovich
Me
Writing
Ranch
Like
Hills
Lot
Just
Them
Communities
Porter
When I left Merrill Lynch, one of the things that upset me the most wasn't losing my job. It was not being able to see those people the following day. It was almost like divorcing 40 people.
Erin Duffy
Day
Me
People
Losing
Job
Those
One Of The Things
See
Able
Following
Almost
Like
Most
Left
Being
Upset
Things
People want to see someone who looks like they might have this enviable life, but in turn, they are a mess and their life is a mess.
Erin Foster
Life
People
Life Is A
See
Someone
Enviable
Like
Mess
Looks
Want
Might
Turn
Who
Our dad was always like, 'Look, if you're musical, if you live and breathe music and want to play an instrument, that's not something that's on me to put on you. If you're passionate, you will come to my studio every day after school and watch me work because you can't live without it.
Erin Foster
Work
Music
Day
Me
You
Every Day
School
Will
Live
Every
Our
Musical
Something
Studio
Put
Come
Like
Look
Instrument
Because
Without
Always
Passionate
Want
After
After-School
Breathe
Dad
Play
Watch
We don't mess with squads. Our friend group is not, like, a strategic thing. There's no strategy to our friendships. There's no strategy to the circle of girls. Everyone's, like, bound together for different things.
Erin Foster
Together
Circle
Girl
Group
Strategy
Everyone
Our
Bound
Like
Mess
Friend
Squads
Friendships
Different
Strategic
Different Things
Thing
Things
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