I was never molested by any person but those who represented the State. I had no lock nor bolt but for the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It was my responsibility that this world got itself an atom bomb, because there were only a handful of nuclear physicists in… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Reading is performance. The reader--the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I sit at my desk each night with no place to go, opening the wrinkled maps of Milwaukee and Buffalo, the whole… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I learned to produce whether I wanted to or not. It would be easy to say oh, I have writer's block, oh,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk. — George Lopez Copy Share Image
Kai neared his desk again, seeing that the fugitive's profile had been transferred to the screen. His frown deepened. Perhaps not dangerous,… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
First of all you are a writer, a writer is what you are, so it doesn't actually stop the moment you leave… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If any pale student, glued to his desk, here seek an apology for a way of life whose natural fruits is that… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
Regard yourself as a small corporation of one. Take yourself off on team-building exercises (long walks). Hold a Christmas party every year… — Will Self Copy Share Image
As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Down the hall came the wife. She was glorious, burning. She didn't know yet that her husband was dead. We knew. That's… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
There are problems that just end up being really hard and by definition the only problems that come to my desk are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It isn't necessary that you leave home. Sit at your desk and listen. Don't even listen, just wait. Don't wait, be still… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Gilbert took from his desk a little pink candy heart with a gold motto on it, “You are sweet,” and slipped it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was having the surreal experience of having myself show myself around my office and bullpen.” “Oh! My desk. I could’ve sat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The credibility of the work depends on copy editors. I would argue with the copy desk, but I would thank them more. — Bill Kovach Copy Share Image
If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
