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Before I was a parent I was struck by Rilke, who, as you know, didn't go to his daughter's wedding because he… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
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I think 'Girlfriend' in particular is definitely one of the songs that is angled towards early 2000s, late '90s, R&B pop and… — MNEK Copy Share Image
I write about this in The Last Temple, the early church knew that Christ has risen from the dead, and so they… — Hank Hanegraaff Copy Share Image
It is not democracy to send in billions of dollars to push regime change overseas. It isn't democracy to send in the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
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I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I encourage all novelists to move to TV right now, that is the way to go. I was living in New York… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
Every day I try to do some small thing connected to writing. Or I'll station myself at a café and try to… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
I wrote poetry from the time I could write. That was the only way I could begin to express who I was… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I can't compose or play music; I'm not that fortunate. But I can write and I can talk and sometimes when I'm… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's far easier to write why something is terrible than why it's good. If you're reviewing a film and you decide "This… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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This cell belongs to a brain, and it is my brain, the brain of me who is writing; and the cell in… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
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I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“Identifying Your Dream Some people can easily identify one primary dream. For others, a dream is more elusive. These people often have… — Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK Copy Share Image
Once I became an adult and started to pursue writing as a professional career, I realized my main characters were always young… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
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Because I've always felt, whether the fatwa or whatever, the writer's great weapon is the truth and integrity of his voice. And… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“I compared what was really known about the stars with the account of creation as told in Genesis. I found that the… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The good days are when you perform; the slow days are when you learn to perform better. The only bad days as… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho' not of that Country, my… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
I was inspired by, when I was in college, seeing some incredible speakers come to my school: Michael Eric Dyson, Spike Lee,… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I just can't ever be a free spirit and just relax. When it comes to work, this is good. I'm very disciplined,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I try to write every day. Sometimes the things come out well, and sometimes they don't. When they come out well you… — Richard Ayoade Copy Share Image
You can write a whole fiction, and you're talking to people who have gone through that, in real life. But the truth… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I co-edited an anthology called Interfictions with Delia Sherman and wrote a short scholarly book on three women poets called Voices from… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Never, if you can possibly help it, write a novel. It is, in the first place, a thoroughly unsocial act. It makes… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
'What It Is' was based on this class I've been teaching for 10 years - I wanted to write a book about… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
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Zen is to religion what a Japanese "rock garden" is to a garden. Zen knows no god, no afterlife, no good and… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
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One of the best things I’ve read about that inexplicably, but endlessly, fascinating group of people, the so-called Serious Collectors of 78s.… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
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