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When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice at his side.
Jeff Greenfield
Side
Sign
Would
Voice
Picked
Cheney
George
His
George W
Texas
George W. Bush
Dick Cheney
Governor
Prudent
Experienced
Bush
Reassuring
Every writer must find a way of writing that tells the reader: This is me and no one else. The Voice can be idiosyncratic, but it cannot be obscure. It is a blend of style and content and intent and rhythm and pure personality.
Jeff Lindsay
Me
Writing
Personality
Pure
Style
Every
Else
Way
Must
Tells
Find
Voice
Obscure
Writer
No-One
Blend
Reader
Content
Intent
Cannot
Rhythm
I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes.
Jeffrey Combs
You
Theatre
Training
Every
Took
Classes
Voice
Schools
Got
Lot
Repertory
Did
Movement
Where
Different
Acting
Acting Classes
Play
Every Night
Night
In theater, the primary tool for me was voice. On-screen, it's the eyes.
Jeffrey Wright
Me
Eyes
Tool
On-Screen
Voice
Primary
Theater
Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.
Jen Lancaster
Character
Writing
Political
Way
Voice
Powerful
Powerful Way
Opinion
Establish
Fiction
Expressing
I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.
Jennifer Carpenter
Day
You
School
Spend
Voice
Hours
Juilliard
Realize
Now
Why
Speech
I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.
Jennifer Damiano
Me
Thought
Parents
Singing
Voice
Voice Lessons
Put
House
Around
Always
Just
Should
Fun
Lessons
I haven't had trouble with writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, cliched writing, outright flailing around. Writing that doesn't have a good voice or any voice. But then there will be good moments.
Jennifer Egan
Good
Writing
Will
Trouble
First
Think
Good Moments
Voice
Outright
Writer
Had
Badly
Involves
Cliched
Because
Around
Block
Very
Flailing
Any
Process
Then
Moments
Filled
Drafts
I'm blessed with three children who actually aren't terribly impressed with pandering to my ego, and one of my children has a bit of a problem with the sex scenes because when she reads the stuff, she hears my voice in her head, and apparently reading a sex scene written by your mother with her describing it is rather off-putting!
Jennifer Fallon
Ego
Problem
Mother
Sex
Three
Blessed
Reading
Pandering
Bit
Rather
Scene
Voice
Scenes
Written
Head
Stuff
She
Terribly
Because
Reads
Hears
Impressed
Children
Your
Who
Apparently
Describing
Her
Actually
The process was remarkably cathartic. I'd sit and listen to my father's voice - having not heard some of these tapes for 30 years and hearing his voice laying me down for a nap, our giggles and cooking dinner - and I remembered all those wonderful days. Normal days.
Jennifer Grant
Me
Cooking
Wonderful
Father
Dinner
Sit
Down
Our
Those
Giggles
Some
Having
Voice
Laying
Remarkably
Remembered
Days
Cathartic
Nap
His
Years
Heard
Hearing
Normal
Tapes
Listen
Process
When I was with Geffen Records, I weighed almost 400 pounds. The label told me that I had a great voice but wasn't marketable having a weight image.
Jennifer Holliday
Great
Me
Having
Voice
Records
Pounds
Weighed
Had
Weight
Almost
Label
Image
I used to sing in the church choir. People would say it was unusual for such a small girl to have such a big voice. They would say, 'She sounds like she's grown.'
Jennifer Hudson
People
Church
Girl
Big
Say
Would
Small
Voice
Like
Sing
She
Unusual
Sounds
Choir
Used
Grown
We learn about MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Take that same speech and put it in the voice of a woman. Would it be as inspirational? Would it have as much gravitas to it?
Jennifer Hyman
Inspirational
Woman
Dream
Would
About
Voice
Take
Put
Learn
Same
Much
Speech
I watch 'The Voice' and 'American Idol,' and I sit in my Brookstone foot massager. It's so exciting at my house.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sit
Voice
Foot
Exciting
House
Idol
American
American Idol
Watch
One exercise I always do when I'm getting to know a character is ask her to tell me her secrets. Sit down with a pen and paper, and start with, 'I never told anybody...' and go from there, writing in the voice of your character.
Jennifer McMahon
Character
Me
Writing
Sit
Down
Paper
Pen
Secrets
Tell
Voice
Never
Know
Exercise
Always
Go
Getting
Anybody
Ask
Your
Her
Start
I've actually performed at Gay Pride in Atlanta three times in my career. I've always had a large gay following, particularly in the lesbian community. I am grateful for that. To me, it means my music transcends categories. It also means that I'm a cute girl singing a rock song in an alto voice!
Jennifer Nettles
Music
Me
Gay
Grateful
Song
Pride
Girl
Three
Singing
Cute
Community
Lesbian
Atlanta
Following
Voice
Had
Performed
Categories
Particularly
Also
Alto
Rock
Always
Am
Times
Transcends
Cute Girl
Means
Large
Actually
Career
Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people only know my voice as a country artist.
Jennifer Nettles
Time
Confidence
People
World
Feeling
Country
Stage
Validated
Spent
Broadway
Definitely
Having
Only
Voice
Know
Most
Terms
Artist
Just
Helps
I love any kind of acting, so if I could focus on becoming the best actor I can strictly on my voice, I would love that.
Jennifer Stone
Love
Best
Focus
Strictly
Kind
Would
Voice
Could
Becoming
Any
If I Could
Acting
Actor
I think that if a writer doesn't use her voice, be it in her writing or online or in real life, then what is the point of having one?
Jenny Han
Life
Writing
Real Life
Think
Online
Having
Voice
Point
Writer
Real
Then
Use
Her
I'm a late bloomer. It's taken me a long time to find my voice, and I think all the records I've made over the years, I was finding my voice, and that's part of the process.
Jenny Lewis
Time
Me
Made
Long
Long Time
Think
Late
Late Bloomer
Find
Finding
Voice
Records
Part
Taken
Over
Years
Bloomer
Process
My mother had a great vinyl collection, and she was constantly playing female singer-songwriters. I first learned about classic song structures by listening to them, and Laura Nyro particularly stood out. Her voice was outside what you'd usually hear on the radio; that really appealed to me.
Jenny Lewis
Great
Me
You
Song
Mother
Listening
First
Out
Collection
Laura
Constantly
Classic
About
Structures
Voice
Outside
Had
Particularly
She
Learned
Female
Hear
Stood
Them
Really
Radio
Appealed
Her
Vinyl
Playing
I have a very nice voice.
Jens Lekman
Nice
Voice
Very
The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline.
Jerome Hines
Discipline
Voice
Factors
Part
Motivation
Essential
Human
Keeping
I think my voice worked out fine, but it was a lot of work for me. And I was very self-conscious about it. I was a bit self-conscious about writing lyrics too.
Jerry Harrison
Work
Me
Writing
Think
Too
Lyrics
Bit
Out
Fine
About
Voice
Self-Conscious
Lot
Very
Worked
A wonderful thing happens over time. You fall in love with the sound of your own voice.
Jerry Lewis
Love
Time
You
Wonderful
Fall
Own
Voice
Over
Sound
Wonderful Thing
Happens
Your
Thing
I've been this voice of a lot of upbeat dance tracks, but people don't really know me.
Jess Glynne
Me
People
Dance
Voice
Know
Tracks
Been
Lot
Upbeat
Really
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