The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper. — Dan Glickman Copy Share Image
It's an imaginative thing we do; it's about immersing oneself in one's imagination. If you're a novelist, you do it with pen… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Loaded with note cards for research papers that I was hopelessly behind on, I'd enter the Public Library only to end up… — Stuart Dybek Copy Share Image
Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, "What happens if I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
I try not to take on the weight or the burden of it. Once it's on the paper, I try to leave… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make… — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday'… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Well, putting words on paper isn't your job. Your job is to go digging around in your soul. And that's the end… — Radney Foster Copy Share Image
Anna followed, keeping a sharp eye out for things he might back into or over. She wondered if Isaac did this all… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Paper should be edible, nutritious. Inks used for printing or writing should have delicious flavors. Magazines or newspapers read at breakfast should… — John Cage Copy Share Image
When we have laws that compartmentalize medical information, and when we have paper systems that compartmentalize medical information, you sometimes have a… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I suspect losing paper maps but gaining GPS and online maps is a similar step function: maps still exist, but they're vastly… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
…* to learn that money makes life smooth in some ways, and to feel how tight and threadbare life is if you… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience can help to focus attention on a particular injustice. It was used historically to highlight wrongs in society - turning… — Michael Brune Copy Share Image
...The world is full of happy people but no one ever hears of them. You have to fight and make a scandal… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know… — Matt Stone Copy Share Image
Our diversity is not something that is on paper. It is the manifestation of our strength. It is not only our identity… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I wrote a great deal during the next ten [early] years,but very little of any importance; there are not more than four… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Our universe - it's three-dimensional, but we can pretend it's two-dimensional so it's like this sheet of paper - and we live… — Kip Thorne Copy Share Image
In my head, I wanted to be Madonna, but the music I was writing on paper was not what you'd choreograph dancers… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
What I eventually realized is that the real business of books is not done by awards committees or people who turn trees… — John Green Copy Share Image
You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
When you're making a purchasing decision around an appliance or a car or a home, that's when to take the environment into… — Chip Giller Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton wrote an Op-Ed for a paper in Iowa about her plans to help the middle class. Middle-class Americans said, 'Why… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
The IRS sent back my tax return saying I owed $800. I said If you'll notice, I sent a paper clip with… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
Arguably, it might prompt consumers to think about their consumption, with paper straws and reusable grocery bags and shared urban bicycles acting… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
A good story remains a good story, whether it is on glossy paper or a mobile phone display, is carved into marble… — Mathias Dopfner Copy Share Image
You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I'm like toilet paper, toothpaste and certain amenities - I'm proven to be good. I've still got 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years left. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
Writing is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
Declassified papers report that John Kennedy was taking eight different medications a day. He was so wasted, his Secret Service code name… — Craig Kilborn Copy Share Image
If you have a problem with me, could you please write it on a piece of paper, fold it up, and shove… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but… — Jack Herer Copy Share Image