…and to all you other cats and chicks out there, sweet or otherwise, buried deep in wordy tombs, who never yet have… — Gilbert Sorrentino Copy Share Image
A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
If we knew how to listen to God, we would hear him speaking to us. For God does speak. He speaks in… — Michel Quoist Copy Share Image
In many college English courses the words “myth” and “symbol” are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ain’t no good… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
You can say anything with a Post-It. I’m not entirely sure why that is. Maybe the friendliness of the squares makes it… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“The immutable voice of the majestic God is found in His Word. Those who want to hear Him speak read His Word,… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
Nice writing isn't enough. It isn't enough to have smooth and pretty language. You have to surprise the reader frequently, you can't… — Anne Bernays Copy Share Image
As I leafed through the book in front of me and watched the dust swirl in the air, I wondered if maybe… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
There is a kind of belief among my students that things that are true are interesting. But most things that are true… — Alistair MacLeod Copy Share Image
Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
The best moments involve a loss of control. It's a kind of rapture, and it can happen with words and phrases fairly… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
There's a certain pressure you put on yourself to use the comics page to full advantage that can focus your mind to… — James Vance Copy Share Image
You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw… — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
We use the word typography to describe two different things: the design of letterforms, and the layout of typeset passages on a… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
Writers don't always know what they mean - that's why they write. Their work stands in for them. On the page, the… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story,… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good.… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Today, if someone showed me a five-year plan, I'd toss out the pages detailing Years Three, Four and Five as pure fantasy… — Mark McCormack Copy Share Image
Movies such as 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Front Page' portrayed an era when driven newspapermen would do anything to get a story.… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
I got a job in the tear-sheets department, ripping up magazines like People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and Time, and delivering the editorial… — Richard Prince Copy Share Image
I don't really know what an adverb is. A dangling participle? That sounds really rude. I don't know what character is, really.… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it. — Nicholas Lea Copy Share Image
