No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
I'd like to know what I could do if I really had the time to spend on writing a book, with no… — Lewis Grizzard Copy Share Image
Writing poetry, which for me was then saying how I felt about this and that, didn't help me to understand the world… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
To write what is not dead on the page, one has to be open to all kinds of disturbances and challenges and… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic. — John Shirley Copy Share Image
There is a Steve [Jobs] that Apple would like to actually present to the public. They have a character, Steve, and they… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, thus far it's been important to me not to write that kind of collection. Which means that I've spent… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
“Cainan (sometimes the name is spelled Kainam) was the son of Arpachsad: "And the son grew, and his father taught him writing,… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
I think we need to develop the courage to write from the viewpoint of people who may seem quite different from ourselves,… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as… — William P. Alford Copy Share Image
Reviewers are certainly entitled to their own opinions. I've become buddies with enough writers and directors, and to be perfectly honest, the… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“We divide the roles of mystic, doctor, therapist, artist, herbalist, naturalist, and storyteller into separate, often inimical professions. In most other societies,… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
For me, it would be pointless to write a novel that I knew I could complete within a specific length of time.… — Charles Palliser Copy Share Image
I wanted a new phase in my life I needed something new. I stepped back, started doing song writing and various business… — Ahmad Balshe Copy Share Image
I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
If I can keep losing myself - and finding parts of myself - in other people's writing and direction, then that's all… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
“If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of… — Elsie de Wolfe Copy Share Image
Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline:… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind -- mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch of advertising,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He’s a writer,” she said, as though this explained everything. “He’s disappeared before?” “He’s emotional,” she said, her expression glum. “He’s always… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
You have to be very flexible and understand as a director, especially as a writer/director, that you cannot hang onto stuff really… — David M. Evans Copy Share Image
“It is not possible even at great length to “pot” The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two … It… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
When we see the human race, we must see before all else environment and food. Historians write about social change without taking… — Michio Kushi Copy Share Image
I think the idea now of being a performer in this era of social media saturation means that you have to be… — Robbie Rist Copy Share Image
Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
“In the mist, in the darkness of the forest, in the dewdrops on the spruce needles. In the whales that swam in… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
Information is floating around really fast. I write something, or a piece of my music comes out and I see people writing… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
The dream of a writer is to be surprised by his characters. All of a sudden, they are living their own lives;… — Jean-Claude Carriere Copy Share Image
With 'Pariah,' at the time, I had just come out. I had a coming out experience, and I was writing about it,… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
“Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead. The… — Stanley Fish Copy Share Image
“The biggest spur to my interest in art came when I played van Gogh in the biographical film Lust For Life. The… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I had wanted for so many years to feel that writing really was at the center of my life, not something I… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
I got a rejection letter from an editor at HarperCollins, who included a report from his professional reader. This report shredded my… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“But it has been my way—as a woman, but also as a writer—to speak of the kinds of human experience so many… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image