At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I'm… — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image
I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
You also convert real memories, whatever that means, into film versions of those memories. Because by the time you've finished the project… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said 'I love your… — Sam Haskins Copy Share Image
When I finished the Boston race in 1967, there were two things I wanted to do. I wanted to become a better… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
There may be dead ground in between; and I may not have got The knack of judging a distance; I will only… — Henry Reed Copy Share Image
Making a movie is like chipping away at a stone. You take a piece off here, you take a piece off there… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Remember that you must never sell your soul. Never accept payment in advance.... Never give a work to the printer before it… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
One day, when I was doing well in class and had finished my lessons, I was sitting there trying to analyze the… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The reward is the finished product, for me that is my light at the end of the tunnel. What comes together in… — Jon Jon Augustavo Copy Share Image
I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem. — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
'The West Wing' was really important for me for a lot of reasons. It was the first thing I did when I… — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
America has its roots in a tradition of risk-taking pioneers. In more conservative Europe, if you fail in business or actually end… — Stelios Haji-Ioannou Copy Share Image
Western civilization presents one of the most difficult tasks for historical analysis, because it is not yet finished, because we are a… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Religion says "Do." Grace says "Done" because Jesus said "It is finished." — Gary Kinnaman Copy Share Image
A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an… — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished,… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
My life at home gives me absolute joy. There are some days when, as soon as you've finished cooking breakfast and cleaning… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
