It doesn't hit you until you pull up to the hospital, and you see 'cancer' in big letters, and you're the patient.… — John Prine Copy Share Image
The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Valek smiled. “Good. First, send Kade a reply, asking him not to come.” He pointed at the unopened letter on the table.… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
I was coming back from Tel Aviv recently, and we had forty minutes of bumps. I got so scared I grabbed a… — Daniela Pestova Copy Share Image
I like extravagance. Letters which give the postman a stiff back to carry, books which overflow from their covers, sexuality which bursts… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
All fanmail is a bit of fun. We do get some nice letters and some fanatical mail too. There's one woman who… — Peter Andre Copy Share Image
I think I got serious about writing in the late '90s. The first stuff I wrote was terrible and got rejected, but… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil-but there is… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Every book is, in an intimate sense, a circular-letter to the friends of him who writes it. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
“Dear 18-Year-Old Self, Slow down -- everything is going to be fine. You aren't going to fail at anything you care about… — Emily Trunko Copy Share Image
My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers - to which I had a… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Still in my coat and hat, I sank onto the stair to read the letter. (I never read without making sure I… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Pope Gelasius in his ninth letter (chap. 26) to the bishops of Lucania condemned the evil practice which had been introduced of… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
You grow up watching certain films or admiring certain filmmakers, and to write a love letter to one and have them validate… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
I would call universities and community colleges and say, 'I really want to go to college. How do I get to college?… — Susan Fowler Copy Share Image
So many things I had thought forgotten Return to my mind with stranger pain: Like letters that arrive addressed to someone Who… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Oh, Kendra, before I forget, Gavin asked me to give you this letter." He held out a gray, speckled envelope. "Happy birthday… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
