Reading manuscripts was the exact opposite of reading for…

I like to read because it's the opposite of being on the go. Reading is the perfect antidote.

— Joe Strummer

To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say…

— Kingsley Amis

A thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript…

— Carolyn Forche

In the U.S., the term 'general aviation' means its exact opposite, the way 'public school' does in England. An English public school is private…

— Tom Wolfe

You should show some respect for what other people see and feel, even though it be the exact opposite of what you see and…

— Luigi Pirandello

Ladies, be careful. Don't give a man sex just to keep him around, because it might just do the exact opposite.

— Charlie Butcher

“Sunny, whose demeanor was the exact opposite of her name;”

— Devon Monk

Golf is the absolute worst place for me to be because I am the exact opposite of everything that a golfer should encompass, should…

— Paige Spiranac

Law practice is the exact opposite of sex:even when it's good, it's bad.

— Mortimer Zuckerman

I read an interview where someone said, 'It's a shame that anyone can make a movie now,' and I feel the exact opposite.

— Jason Blum

Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you…

— Wale

Lying, cheating, hiding is the exact opposite of the behavior of a man who's really into you.

— Greg Behrendt

I can never predict what the markets will do. Sometimes it does the exact opposite of what I would have expected.

— Mitt Romney

Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.

— Geoff Dyer

I have the exact opposite problem of every writer I've ever met: Every writer I've ever met writes things that are too long, and…

— Fran Lebowitz