“It feels better to speak in metaphor, easier. It’s saying the truth without actually saying the truth. You could only speak to… — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
How would you know? Everything’s like sex. It’s the universal metaphor. To pick a lock, let me guess, you have to go… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension... A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth… — Brian Godawa Copy Share Image
There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
I somewhat resist the whole gay rights-vampire rights metaphor because it is fraught with problems. I don't want to be seen as… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
“In this book, much is metaphorical, not as it seems. It’s written for writing’s sake, as if I were to say, “Let… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
Let the snake wait under his weed and the writing be of words, slow and quick, sharp to strike, quiet to wait,… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary… — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Copy Share Image
Too many of us have lost the passion and emotion of the remarkable things we-ve done in space. Let us not tear… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
When I re-read the Odyssey, it felt like I was reading PD James or Minette Walters - you feel that you are… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
“The creative act is a letting down of the net of human imagination into the ocean of chaos on which we are… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
In all aspects of life... we define our reality in terms of metaphors and then proceed to act on the basis of… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
It appears to me that the subject of music, from Machaut to Boulez, has always been its construction. Melodies of 12-tone rows… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them. What we're… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need,… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
Much like photographs, I also love the idea that ghosts are memories frozen in time. We can be haunted by both just… — Ed Gass-Donnelly Copy Share Image
Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Technically I've improved - I might turn a metaphor in five words now, where years ago, it would have taken me a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“A mist rises from a nearby mound. It could be me, that mist, or simply the caretaker’s mower-dust. If the breeze blows… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I like the idea of watching the sun go down in the ocean. I've always felt comfortable about that, I like sunsets.… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
I don't look for things to see how they function as metaphors… You can't photograph the sublime. You can only traffic in… — John Divola Copy Share Image
If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become… — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
We approach nonfiction at a much different level than we approach fiction or poetry or drama: that there's almost no room for… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I think climbing mountains or buildings or whatever has been a really good metaphor for finishing my work. Because no matter how… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
The engine room really is a metaphor for my head, and all the things bangin' around, and I think I share that… — Mike Watt Copy Share Image
Plastic metaphors and carbon copy similes that aren't going to do anything for anybody and it doesn't showcase creativity; it showcases the… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I'm a little more mature, and a little more aware of the things that I might say. But um, it aint going… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
By the time you kill and mount what you catch, it has lost that very thing that made it worth having. I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“My father, a Palestinian, and my mother, an Israeli, met in a bar in New York. Their encounter was a blue shift.… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
I didn't have the patience for the research, or anything like that. I just like how it sets the imagination off. It's… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Long before they had ever met, I think this destiny awaited them. They were not like ships passing in the night. It… — Gen Urobuchi Copy Share Image
“One of the challenges with pain—physical or psychic—is that we can really only approach it through metaphor. It can’t be represented the… — John Green Copy Share Image
Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The reformers' preferred metaphor is "leveling the playing field." They should listen to the logic of their language: fields are leveled by… — George Will Copy Share Image
“METAPHOR: A tightly fitting suit of metal, generally tin, which entirely encloses the wearer, both impeding free movement and preventing emotional expression… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Eating is our earliest metaphor, preceding our consciousness of gender difference, race, nationality, and language. We eat before we talk. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
