“Novelty. Security. Novelty wouldn't be a bad title. It had the grandness of abstraction, alerting the reader that large and thoughtful things… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
I have been writing JavaScript for 8 years now, and I have never once found need to use an uber function. The… — Douglas Crockford Copy Share Image
What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise,… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a girl could be… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
My preference is for good writing. It doesn't matter if it's for film or TV. Whatever. It starts with the writing. Even… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Even my colleagues don't read classic criticism. And my feeling is that if you don't do that then you're not really practicing… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general… — Stephen A. Smith Copy Share Image
For the first few years I wrote jokes and performed them word for word and then wrote tags for them and did… — Gary Gulman Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever have trouble with writer's block. It's different when you make it up as you go - that… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
The more stringent the rules and the more limiting they are, the more the poet and writer is forced to resort to… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
Inevitably I draw on my own relationships when I write, so if I'm writing about a fight between a husband and his… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
hough I was creative, I also liked math and science. At Knox College, I studied creative writing and earned a degree in… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
My writing partner, Nicki, and I became obsessed with a monologist who performs unscripted shows equipped with nothing more than scribbled bullet… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
People say like, "I don't know how you do it. You must get no sleep." I actually do get the right amount… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people,… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
I think the effective use of quotation is an important point in the art of writing. Given sparingly, quotations serve admirably as… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ...… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Imagism was a reductio ad absurdum of one or two tendencies of romanticism, such a beautifully and finally absurd one that it… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Old texts, myths, and religions have always fascinated me, though I prefer learning about them to writing papers and trying to make… — Tom Shields Copy Share Image
It started off for me as just wanting to be an actor and sort of resenting in a weird way being expected… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
I'm definitely excited by big ideas, both in what I write and what I read. Most days, reality is so mind-numbingly dull… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated. And there's so much… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I always say your body is the temple of your spirit, why not decorate it? My kids say, no, no, your body… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I love the incredible variety of demands directing makes on you, from the entrepreneur to the hustler to the deal-maker to the… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
“A writer’s life is half ambition and half anxiety, and there has to be both. It is no good writing a novel… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I love fame. I love being written about. I don't really mind if people think I'm a bad writer, if they don't… — Caroline Calloway Copy Share Image
Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It's so funny because a lot of times we'll have these discussions as writers, and you feel like you're having a discussion… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
Jason [Moran] and John [Patitucci] and Eric [Harland] knew it was a Billie Holiday tribute. I'm sure they assumed it was going… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I'm going to call WWE like I call everything. Yes, I'm going to be passionate. Yes, I'm going to be excited, but… — Mauro Ranallo Copy Share Image
I think one of the problems with being a fiction writer these days is that you can't keep up with the headlines.… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
Adaptation is always the same process for me, which is some version of throwing the book at the wall and seeing what… — Akiva Goldsman Copy Share Image
There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships.… — Nancy Meyers Copy Share Image
![“I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well, but a lot of my pieces don't get in,' and that was true of most of the writers there.But he pays you for them, that was very nice of him. This guy didn't think it was very…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/aff/nat-hentoff-1615_bad-mistake_i-told-a-big-investor-in-the-new-yorker_1855550.jpg)
![“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness... Political language [is] designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” quote by George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/837/george-orwell-57_begging_in-our-time-political-speech-and-writing_1334346.jpg)
![“Jason [Moran] and John [Patitucci] and Eric [Harland] knew it was a Billie Holiday tribute. I'm sure they assumed it was going to be like another singer date, where we just have a bunch of charts and they write them down and they got paid and kind of moved on. There's nothing wrong with that, but…” quote by Jose James](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/caf/jose-james-22349_billie-holiday_jason-moran-and-john-patitucci-and-eric_1495513.jpg)
