We are great mysteries. No matter what we imagine we may know, even for all the facts we might gather, we don't… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
Everything you've ever read of mine is first-draft. This is one of the peculiarities of the comics field. By the time you're… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The History Of The Universe In Three Words CHAPTER ONE Bang! CHAPTER TWO sssss CHAPTER THREE crunch. THE END — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you can stand to wait 24 hours before you decide the fate of what you have written - either good or… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
When I start writing for the day, I usually read aloud the chapter I'm working on. It gets me into it and… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
The event itself is so extraordinary that another chapter could be added to the Bible to chronicle its significance. — Jesse Jackson, Jr Copy Share Image
I don't see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it's going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many… — John Barth Copy Share Image
The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
In an attempt to help me move on from my failed marriage, my mom set me up with Jesus Freak. In fact,… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
It marked the beginning and, of course, an end. At that moment a chapter, no, a whole stage of my closed. Had… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth's history, starting at the… — Louis Leakey Copy Share Image
The process for writing a picture book is completely different from the process of writing a chapter book or novel. For one… — Sarah Weeks Copy Share Image
So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The album feels like a new era for me -- emotionally, lyrically, sonically. It feels fresh, it feels new. It's still me.… — Adam Lambert Copy Share Image
To all those broken or hopeless, I have learned this: Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Do not resent your place in the story. Do not imagine yourself elsewhere. Do not close your eyes and picture a world… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Between birth and burial, we find ourselves in a comedy of mysteries. If you don't think life is mysterious, if you believe… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I think having a coach or an editor or whatever the novelist's producer is could help. If you finish a chapter and… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
There's not a woman in the book, the plot hinges on unkindness to animals, and the black characters mostly drown by Chapter 29. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
