I have an English literature degree. I wanted to be the next great American novelist from a very early age, but I… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
It's once I discover the people inside that the story really gets going, and then the formal invention becomes less important. It's… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan.… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I'm trying… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
The way we make sense of a realistic text is through the same broad ideological frame as the way we make sense… — John Fiske Copy Share Image
“Prophecy is nothing but only just an estimation based on regularities of the Nature.” — Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram Copy Share Image
It is a modern tragedy that one of the Soviet Union's most intelligent and realistic leaders has served and died during the… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The man who will go where his colors go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in the jungle and mountain… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
It seems to me quite disastrous that the idea should have got about that Christianity is an other-worldly, unreal, idealistic kind of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
We live on two levels ... the realistic level and the fantastic level, and which is the real one, really? — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I would rather be part of something that is entertaining than realistic. — Justin Kirk Copy Share Image
Beer commercials usually show big men, manly men, doing manly things: 'You've just killed a small animal. It's time for a light… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people. — Michael Manley Copy Share Image
As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval… — Matthew Dowd Copy Share Image
Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
'Teachers' is in no way a realistic soap; we're not trying to do that, which is why we never do 'issues.' — Jane Fallon Copy Share Image
People always ask me, Do you ever think you'll wake up one morning and not be funny? That thought would never occur… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
My goal is to make all my paintings clear and realistic, even more understandable than a photograph. — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic. — Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Copy Share Image
I try to make music for people to relate to, and I like to keep it realistic. — Young M.A Copy Share Image
It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
The idea that we all have to be Pinterest-perfect, killing it on all fronts, drinking our probiotics, remembering to have Rishi, and… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image