That strange premature genius Chatterton has couched in one line the quintessence of what Voltaire has said in many pages: "Reason, a… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos. — Heston Blumenthal Copy Share Image
On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a… — Gabriel Mann Copy Share Image
It's more important to me to get an e-mail that says, 'I saw your page and it changed my life,' than how… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
It is in the midst of the city that one writes the most inspiring pages about the country. — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
On my last two days of 'Young and the Restless,' I had 120-something pages of dialogue. My last two days. — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about a book is that you have a canvas that is 300 pages wide, and it's all free space.… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
I turned the pages so fast. And I suppose I was, in my mindless way, looking for a something, version of myself,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
HuffPost serves as a starter page for news consumers, a place to find, and be directed to, the best content available on… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
Johnny Depp is really my favorite male actor. Ellen Page would be my favorite female actor. Both of them, just because of… — Callan McAuliffe Copy Share Image
Set a page in Fournier against another in Caslon and another in Plantin and it is as if you heard three different… — Beatrice Warde Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a girl, I have written about one to five pages every day - on napkins, on scrap paper,… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
My novel, which I had started with such hope shortly after publishing my first book of stories, wouldn't budge past the 75-page… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
The letter of application ... should be a masterpiece of fiction, papering over all the cracks. Get it properly typed on decent… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in… — John Green Copy Share Image
Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
But veteran lawmakers torn apart by PTSD don't have a choice about being Exhibit A in the case against Washington politics. When… — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The page of my notebook was filled with many messy integrals, but all of a sudden I saw emerge a formula for… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
If you can stand to wait 24 hours before you decide the fate of what you have written - either good or… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
Time passes, as the novelist says. The single most useful trick of fiction for our repair and refreshment: the defeat of time.… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
Many musicians are fabulously skilled at playing the black dots on the printed page, but mystified by how the dots got there… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Our goal has always been to make broadcasters on TwitchTV feel like they own their channel pages, and we're continuing to make… — Justin Kan Copy Share Image
I couldn't resist hiding some historical details and a few clues relevant to the plot and characters of 'A Discovery of Witches'… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
The Bible is the funniest book I have ever read. It's so funny! Right in the first six pages, it's funny! — David Cross Copy Share Image
I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Madam," replied Mr. Micawber, "it is my intention to register such a vow on the virgin page of the future. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Could anyone fail to be depressed by a book he or she has published? Don't we always outgrow them the moment the… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
A blank page of paper and a pen is the greatest invention its so exciting to be confronted by possibility. — Nicky Wire Copy Share Image
So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book. — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
I don't know. Sometimes I try to say what's on my mind and it comes out sounding like I ate a dictionary… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tomorrow morning the critic will be gone, but the writer will still be there facing the blank page. Nothing matters but that… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
VOID is filled with intrigue, suspense, and smoldering desire. This story will keep you turning the page until the very end. — Aleatha Romig Copy Share Image
When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader. — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
