With novels, you're sitting at a desk, alone, going slightly crazy, for anywhere from six months to a year with zero feedback. — Duane Swierczynski Copy Share Image
A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He… — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Part of creating the future is to follow this consumer. Women are working; we've moved the store to the desk. Now though,… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher's desk, there are at least… — Gail Godwin Copy Share Image
We cheated on our math tests, we carved some dirty words on the desk. — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
I don't need somebody behind a desk to tell me what a marketing survey says is funny. I got 3 million miles… — D. L. Hughley Copy Share Image
The average English critic is a don manqué, hopelessly parochial when not exaggeratedly teutonophile, over whose desk must surely hang the motto… — Constant Lambert Copy Share Image
“Palestinians no longer blamed Yasser Arafat or Hamas for their troubles. Now they blamed the Israelis for killing their children. But I… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
At a tender age, I commandeered half a quire of foolscap from my father's desk and sat down to write a book.… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploratio n that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Men are easy,' he said, fingers tapping on his mahogany desk. 'A man's plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises.… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
In school, the year was the marker. Fifth grade. Senior year of high school. Sophomore year of college. Then after, the jobs… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
If you want to write and can't figure out how to do it, try this: Pick an amount of time to sit… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
Everyone who is educated today wants to sit at a comfortable desk under a fan and live in an air-conditioned house surrounded… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
I make it a practice to avoid hating anyone. If someone's been guilty of despicable actions, especially toward me, I try to… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it.… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I'm lucky enough to split my time between the field and the office. Some land surveyors in larger outfits can work mostly… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I am a terrible mixture of being organized, controlling, but chaotic. My desk is monstrous. — Elizabeth Hurley Copy Share Image
