...the tale that's told for no other reason but companionship, which is another (and my favorite) definition of literature, the tale that's… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
If you want to send a manuscript, send it to an agent. And send a letter first, asking permission. Launch it into… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Where scientific observation addresses all phenomena existing in the real world, scientific experimentation addresses all possible real worlds, and scientific theory addresses… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
When I would hear the rabbi tell about some miracle such as a bush whose leaves were shaking but there wasn't any… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure what defines 'success in the real world' to be honest! It's so objective once you graduate, some people… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
“If I could catch the feeling, I would: the feeling of the singing of the real world; the sense that comes to… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Contrary to the romantic way in which our history is/has been portrayed, politicians are NOT 'men of good conscience.' In the real… — Edward Britton Copy Share Image
'The Real World' is the most predictable arc ever. They get on the show, they're all excited, we're gonna be best friends,… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
“Confidence don't mean jack shit in the real world, sis," she once said. I feel myself finding the courage to trust those… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore?… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“I lay there, depleted and relieved that whatever used to be in my body was now out. Marlboro Man, on the other… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“There is a major difference between theoretical knowledge and experiential knowledge. Academics think they know how the economy should work; successful business… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things—like composing a fresh metaphor, but… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Sir, people never wanted me to make it to squire. They won't like it any better if I become a knight. I… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged . One… — John Rogers Copy Share Image
“He loved her. It was dead simple, the way he loved her. Seamless. His love was like a wall that he'd built… — Mal Peet Copy Share Image
Inspiration is really all around us. I pay attention to a lot of different fields. I stay up on current events. I… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
I can take this real world and superimpose upon it the world of illusion (which isn't, really), in order to either fix… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
“Tim Brown, the CEO of the international design and innovation firm IDEO, clearly acknowledges this affinity when he writes that designers need… — Wendy Gunn Copy Share Image
“MISSION ONE ACCOMPLISHED. The next challenge was bringing in online gamers to join him on his crusade. How was he going to… — Anne-Rae Vasquez Copy Share Image
For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red October' and… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Seeing games become more of a young person thing, I feel like a toy I grew up with has been left behind.… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
The things of this world reveal their essential absurdity when they are put in the Venetian context. In the unreal realm of… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“It’s called the real world. If we refused to do business with the morally questionable, the deal volume would drop in half… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
… it wasn’t pretend, I wasn’t in a fairytale or a fable. I shut my eyes and absorbed the silent whoomp that… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Students today need experience to get a job, and they need a job to get experience. The Chegg Champion program provides students… — Osman Rashid Copy Share Image
“Silly Daisy, she told herself as she signed for the bill; always looking for hidden meanings in everything. She decided right then… — Lorelei Mathias Copy Share Image
If you think about it, it requires a lot of effort and time and energy to make money in the real world,… — Brock Pierce Copy Share Image
“... out here in "the real world," every day was sort of like the one before. I guess that's why people freaked… — David Rosen Copy Share Image
“Irony sucks, you know?" Roger nodded. "That it does. Safely confined to the pages of novels, it's an interesting rhetorical device; encountered… — John Langan Copy Share Image
I think as technology and expertise makes possible these sort of amazing levels of fidelity to the real world, a lot of… — Khoi Vinh Copy Share Image
“The thing is, I can't love her, not in the real world. Because this would be degrading to me. To love someone… — Victor Lodato Copy Share Image
I am very happy to be alive. There is much fun to be had. Music, movies, books, paintings, drawingsI hope you have… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
The future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them are great fun to write about… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
You'd expect, as good Darwinian creatures, we would evolve to be fascinated with how the world really is, and we would use… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“What will all that chatter and hearsay count (will you even be able to remember it?) when the anaesthetic fog which we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I liked lots of 'Doctor Who' books, but my favourite tale was a spooky story about two invalid children - who've never… — Stephen Cole Copy Share Image
I believe that we face incredible obstacles in our attempts to see the world. Everything in our nature tries to deny the… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“I have lived so long within the circle of this book and with these characters that often it seems to me that… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image