In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Without sounding overly sentimental about the process, I'd say trying to describe how you tend to conceive of a book is like… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was… — Pamela Stephenson Copy Share Image
Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star. — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
With Gnaw I was thinking about traditional sculpture, about carving. I was also interested in figurative sculpture. I put those two ideas… — Janine Antoni Copy Share Image
Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Murder is a crime. Describing Murder is not. Sex is not a crime. Describing sex is. — Gershon Legman Copy Share Image
Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do:… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
I certainly don't feel like I have a monopoly on [opinions] because I have the job at FOX - any one of… — Joe Buck Copy Share Image
When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is,… — Russell Targ Copy Share Image
'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it. — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Representative Leo J. Ryan understood the manipulation phenomena people were describing to him and he lost his life in a Guyanese jungle… — Leo Ryan Copy Share Image
I love Kimberly Peirce. Incredibly intense is a good way of describing her. Brutally honest. Really sharp. She's a director for actors.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The Old Testament is a chronicle of horrors, describing an egocentric collection of supernatural beings who were always doing rotten things to… — John A. Keel Copy Share Image
Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I may sound douchey describing myself, but I can live with myself and no one gets yelled at. — Kevin Biegel Copy Share Image
In the teaching of geography and history a sympathetic understanding (should) be fostered for the characteristics of the different peoples of the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The enterprise of describing something in language that has never been described before is a very difficult thing to do. When you… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
People have the idea that an image must stand for something else, that the real meaning needs to be described with language.… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
