I think it's so important that, if I'm writing about the real world, I stay true to it. I think that kids… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“In my dream I was a seal, and I made love to a seagull. Then I got eaten by a shark, because… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Allow some warm-up time each day to stimulate your creative flow. A pianist does keyboard exercises. A gymnast stretches. An artist needs… — Nita Leland Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion, both because it is powerless to act in the real world, and because it glides so easily… — Carolyn Heilbrun Copy Share Image
'De nada,' replied Gregorius. The Portuguese couple sat down, the train went on. Gregorius was never to forget this scene. They were… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
What you learn in school is the opposite of what happens in the real world. In school, you're always worried about minimums.… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
A lot of people feel like urban fantasy is a shortcut that gets you around world-building, because it's set "in the real… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“You might think of the barrier between fiction and reality as being a bit like a blood-brain barrier, which allows only some… — Greg Carlson Copy Share Image
How can this strange story of God made flesh, of a crucified Savior, of resurrection and new creation become credible for those… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“We are not encouraged, on a daily basis, to pay careful attention to the animals we eat. On the contrary, the meat,… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“He was filled with loss and an off-brand of nostalgia for events that were supposed to become part of his past but… — John L. Parker Jr Copy Share Image
“Adults are not idiots often in books such as this one, the opposite impression is given. Adults in those stories will either… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The hour or so after I woke up was my least favorite part of each day, because I spent it in the… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“Renunciation, The Natural Daughter demonstrates, is the act of those who believe that their happiness is dependent on a power beyond their… — Nicholas Boyle Copy Share Image
He was prepared to die for it, as one of Baudelaire's dandies might have been prepared to kill himself in order to… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“But the problem is that Jesus' kingdom (and Paul's "citizenship in heaven") was about the real world, here and now. It was… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“Finally, she'd given up, basking in the freaking glow of the most amazing experience she'd ever had.[...] Last night had overflowed with… — Joey W. Hill Copy Share Image
“If real rich people in the real world were this obsessed with sex, revenge, back-stabbing, and petty jealousies, how could any of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I go to conventions all the time. I'm not one of those actors who's public-shy, meaning I don't mind when someone comes… — Aron Eisenberg Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, all children were homeschooled. They were not sent away from home each day to a place just for… — Rachel Gathercole Copy Share Image
People in the real world would kill for a happily ever after, and you're willing to just throw it away ?" I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People say 'Scott's [Derrickson] movies are kind of scary, is this a horror movie?' Of course, [Doctor Strange] it's not a horror… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
I believe that climate change is real, is driven mainly by human activity and that it is driving real-world changes such as… — Jeff Van Drew Copy Share Image
'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I'm completely unlike a lot of other performers in the past who have been forgiven or come to terms with the real… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
'CSI' has not only remained a top-rated show through seven seasons; it has had real-world consequences. Police and prosecutors complain of a… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Money values do not simply mirror the state of affairs in the real world; valuation is a positive act that makes an… — George Soros Copy Share Image
At the end of day, people are starving and, if people are starving and thirsty and they need to keep their families… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
There can be no question of selecting in any direction, but of penetrating the whole cosmic law of rhythms, forces and material… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how… — Walter Anderson Copy Share Image
Now that I no longer feel lonely, and now that my own past feels resolved in a whole new and very deep… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
I think Stephen Crane too becomes trapped in a myth that poetry should be operating at a certain level, that there's the… — Douglas A. Martin Copy Share Image
Let me formulate the artistic disposition as follows: it is reacting with one's ideal to the flaw in oneself and in the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
What I want to see is more mixed casts. We need it. People need to be brave - in the real world,… — Cynthia Erivo Copy Share Image
All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all take in the world through our five senses and… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“Faith is often lauded as a positive quality, but it is, in fact, very intellectually lazy. Faith precludes scientific thinking and the… — Atheist Republic Copy Share Image
“I had endless issues with my appearance in Star Wars. Real ones - not ones you bring up so people think you're… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
As a teenager, my father took me to the shows at the Architectural Association and to places like Milton Keynes back when… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
I am sure that there is a lot more going on in the objective real world than we can monitor with our… — Amy Hardie Copy Share Image
All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image