“The number-one rule for a celebrity is keep moving.”
Helen Reddy (1941) Australian actress
On handling fame, pg. 183-84
The Woman I Am: A Memoir (2006)
“Rule number four for me as a writer? Plotlines are like sharks: They either keep moving or they die. ~J. R. Ward”
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