I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil. — William Styron Copy Share Image
Talents of the novelist: ... observation of character, analysis of emotion, people's feelings, personal relations ... — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Don't be too precious about your craft... there's only 26 letters and 12 notes, and Shakespeare and Beethoven said it all better… — David Foster Copy Share Image
Once the anchor of reason has been cut, ones craft may go anywhere. One may become a St Francis or equally a… — Brand Blanshard Copy Share Image
The language you use for your poems should be the language you use with your friends. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there. — Zac Posen Copy Share Image
Character gives us qualities, but it is in actions - what we do - that we are happy or the reverse. ...… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. — George Miller Copy Share Image
I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Though I don't like the crew, I won't sink the ship. In fact, in time of storm I'll do my best to… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending,… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of… — Leon Jouhaux Copy Share Image
Imagine the first Burmese "giraffe woman"; she was probably a local icon in her village in the way she put the rings… — Noma Bar Copy Share Image
A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he… — Tristan Jones Copy Share Image
Every morning between 9 and 12 I go to my room and sit before a piece of paper. Many times, I just… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Worship is not music. We can certainly worship Him without musicians and without a song. And by the way, God does not… — Steven Rice Copy Share Image
So I'm always inspired by my fellow actors. And that's kind of a constant for me. I have huge respect for our… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
The CRAFT approach, developed by Bob Meyers at U of New Mexico, is one set of important tools that DO work, and… — Jeff Foote Copy Share Image
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I just really enjoying creating in general; I used to also write stories and play music and do different crafts, but illustration… — Julie Dillon Copy Share Image
What makes screenplays difficult are the things that require the most discipline and care and are just not seen by most people.… — Robert Towne Copy Share Image
I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I… — Wendy Wasserstein Copy Share Image