The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting. — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
“I('m the woman who) always forgot where she was-in a state, in a sentence.” — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
Doubt everything at least once, even the sentence "Two times two is four." — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“If we are right, big bangs are taking place even as you read this sentence.” — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
There was alliteration happening all over the place in that sentence. — Moira J. Moore Copy Share Image
That's my only defense against this world: to build a sentence out of it. — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence. — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
The turn of a sentence has decided the fate of many a friendship, and, for aught that we know, the fate of… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
I'd given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence -… — John Banville Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
“A writer's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one word, one sentence, one phrase at… — C.J. Heck Copy Share Image
Passage of time can be mind-numbing to figure out in a screenplay. It's the easiest thing to do in prose, not just… — Mark Boal Copy Share Image
As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'.” — Dennis E. Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to be a poet on Twitter; I'm trying to be aware of the fact that a very simple sentence,… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a… — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
“Shukhov gazed at the ceiling in silence. Now he didn't know whether he wanted freedom or not. At first he'd longed for… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence. Every year, 36,000… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence but a long-winded sentence with a… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'll have a sentence in my head that's kind of beautiful and interesting, but I'm not sure why or where it's coming… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“English teacher asked me what always came at the end of a sentence and I said a parole date. Another time I… — Derek Trotter Copy Share Image
“He works fast," Alan commented as he lifted his wine. "David?" Shelby sent him a puzzled look. "Actually his fastest sped is… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Beyond that he was a ghost of Uganda; in this nation of his birth he was under a death sentence for the… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
“So, what did you think of the Unseelie Court?" A slow, wicked smile spread on his face. "Oh, Kaye," he breathed. "It… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“But he was ecstatic, because the prospect of those endless years of hard labor did not seem like a burden to him.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Soon enough my mind hooked onto the missing guitars and the locked door and the hole filled up with clues and suspects… — Sara Gran Copy Share Image
“Alright. Well, in all honesty, I don't feel that what I've done is a crime. And I think it's illogical and irresponsible… — George Copy Share Image
“this sentence I'm reading is terrific" i can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood. He didn't get it, though. He… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“And once, a sophomore English teacher, Mr. Watts, found out that one of his students had spent the past eight class periods… — Flynn Meaney Copy Share Image
