“I think there is a naturally subversive role that writers play in any society, simply because they are trying to use language… — Vern Rutsala Copy Share Image
I made a handshake agreement with my best friend in college, Michael Shamberg, who is now a movie producer. We used to… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
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I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
I like to make up songs. And it's my opinion that all these songs mean a lot to me, but that doesn't… — Todd Snider Copy Share Image
“One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favourite… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
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Writing is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I wanted to live in Paris and write nothing but fiction and be perfectly free. I had decided all this had to… — Mavis Gallant Copy Share Image
Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Most contemporary novels are not really "written." They obtain what reality they have largely from an accurate rendering of the noises that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything… — Maryam Mirzakhani Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller and the Bible is a bunch of stories about life and things that took place here on planet earth.… — Nas Copy Share Image
I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
I want to write songs with complete sentences. I almos have this obsession with short-changing words. I would never be so pretentious… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
“Does it matter that people and things Have words, Have names? If not, Why read any book? A litany of useless letters… — Stasia Ward Kehoe Copy Share Image
It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?'… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I still prefer going to the classical writers, the modernists and the nineteenth century writers. Much of what has been done since… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Have some sort of a private place to work in. Put up a sign to keep from being interrupted. Mine says: "Please,… — Judith Krantz Copy Share Image
I've been in the art world for many years. But the sad fact is that most writers are visually prepubescent. Generally speaking,… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
Farm country -- you know, hay, horses, cattle. It's the ideal situation for me. I like the physical endeavors that go with… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
“But there were other great writers who had done all these things. What set Shakespeare apart...even from other greats, was his generosity:… — Jennifer Lee Carrell Copy Share Image
...in song the words tend to lose their significance, do often lose it, while at the other extreme, in current prose it… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
I listened to a lot of The Stooges when I was writing "Oscillate," imagining our hero moving through his days naturally embodying… — Travis Mathews Copy Share Image
Being an actor/ writer is a responsibility and a burden and a gift. The responsibility to me is that you can't just… — Nia Vardalos Copy Share Image
It's really, really eclectic. It's not a business book [Girlboss], but it's still a book that should make you want to get… — Sophia Amoruso Copy Share Image
Alongside my 'no email' policy, I resolve to make better use of the wonderful Royal Mail, and send letters and postcards to… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
To a large extent: it's about economy of space. You have so little real estate when you're writing a half hour show.… — Jonathan M. Goldstein Copy Share Image
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My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“This benign property of his prose is not, one hopes, to be attributed to the reason noticed by the eccentric du Garbandier,… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
The only way to get change is not through the courts or — heaven forbid — the politicians, but through a change… — Leslie Marmon Silko Copy Share Image
I don't know a lot of writers, even writers who have been on the bestseller list for a few weeks, or writers… — Debra Monroe Copy Share Image
It's really the creature of my own making from top to bottom. I appreciate that. And the good fortune, the perseverance, having… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
To paraphrase the late management thinker and writer, Peter Drucker, thinking is hard work, which is why so few people (including actually… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
... you should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
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