Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

— James D. Houston

The same basic tools we've used for thousands of years to connect with people, to draw them in and to hold their attention will…

— Shawn Amos

A good editor is one of the sharpest tools a writer can have in her toolbox.

— Karin Slaughter

“One of the most helpful tools a writer has is his journals. Whenever someone asks how to become an author, I suggest keeping a…

— Madeleine L'Engle

My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of…

— Bjarne Stroustrup

First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support…

— Bjarne Stroustrup

We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law…

— Anonymous

With post offices and postal workers already on the ground, USPS could partner with banks to make a critical difference for millions of Americans…

— Elizabeth Warren

During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough…

— Robert Reich

Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off…

— Joe Wurzelbacher

I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve…

— Kurt Schrader

Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit…

— Phoebe Snow

I'm not very interested in people. I recognize it in myself - there is a basic indifference toward people.

— Joan Didion

The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran…

— Cynthia P. Schneider

It turns out that this part of the brain is one of the first areas that's attacked by Alzheimer's disease. So we can now…

— John O'Keefe