My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
We don't consider the Wizard of Oz or Father Christmas to be too old. They're still magical characters, and the fact they've been around the block only adds to their magic.
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.
The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage.
Tragically, no industry has done more to block crucial action to address climate change than the oil industry.
The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.
It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
On 'Sin Nombre,' Adriano Goldman and I improvised a lot of things on-site. We were working with untrained actors, and you can't really block a scene in a traditional way.
Your to-do list should include items that need to be accomplished for the month, the week, and each day. You must then ask yourself how much time you need to block off to achieve each task. Time blocking allows you to minimize distractions and to maximize your efficiency as you work to complete this list.
You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.
We are quite different: I'm relaxed, and I get ready for races really late, whereas Jonny is really organised and punctual. I like to lead from the front in the run, whereas Jonny might hold back. Maybe it's because I'm the older brother, but I don't think there is a mental block that stops Jonny doing the same. I just think I'm a bit more gung-ho.
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.
I always thought writer's block was something that prats used as an easy excuse for not doing any work.
I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem.
The building block of every community is family.
If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.
In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in the people's faces. You hear the songs immediately. Here in Los Angeles, there are less characters because they're all inside automobiles.
There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking.
Understanding the intentions of a play is so key because you can block a guy into the running back if you don't know how the play is supposed to work or where the back is going to come out.
It doesn't matter if they're in this block or that block: my heart is for all people to know and encounter the love of God.
It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.
When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory - a hunt.
Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.
There was this sausage factory a block away from my childhood apartment. It didn't smell nice, like chorizo or something; it was pretty foul. Just nasty. But that smell reminds me so much of my childhood because every morning when I was going to school, I would smell that.
One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.
I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.
Your successful past will block your visions of the future.
As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.
The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions.
For Scary Movie 2, we had a due date and had to work fast. And though there's a lot of pressure, as artists, we just block it out. So really, the pressure comes from us. That's how the first movie happened. There was no outside pressure: we wanted to hit the audience hard.
Where I come from, the block become your daddy.
I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.
If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.
