One of the qualities of writing that is not much stressed is its problem-solving aspect, having to do with the presentation of… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Having the great opportunity on a daily basis to sit in front of a blank page is terrifying, and at the same… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
Man's sense of values is so degraded that he does not revere the Geetha, as much as he values and scans the… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it,… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
First you have nothing, and then, astonishingly, after ripping out your brain and your heart and betraying your friends and ex-lovers and… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
A true God chaser is not happy with just past truth; he must have present truth. God chasers don't want to just… — Tommy Tenney Copy Share Image
One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
Let's get right to it: On page 5 of Paul Murray's dazzling new novel, 'Skippy Dies,'... Skippy dies. If killing your protagonist… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
If, in the very first pages, I'm forced to read gratuitous phrases or banal metaphors, I won't be able to get inside… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
Magical, yes, but THE SNOW CHILD is also satisfyingly realistic in its depiction of 1920s homestead-era Alaska and the people who settled… — Andromeda Romano-Lax Copy Share Image
The library would've cheered me up, most days. I loved the heavy oaken tables, the high walls stacked with books to the… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
I shook myself; I was dreaming. As I went to bed the words of the eighth-grade class's teacher, when the class got… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world. — Denzel Whitaker Copy Share Image
I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
A bizarrerie of fires, cunabulum of light, it moved with a deft, almost dainty deliberation, phasing into and out of existence like… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
When I first pursued this with Universal, they had no idea what to do. But now that we've gone through the whole… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
It was an excess of fantasy that killed the old United States, the whole Mickey Mouse and Marilyn thing, the most brilliant… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rohan's fingertips drifted with stunning delicacy over her throat, behind her ear, pushing into the satiny warmth of her hair. "You are… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
