It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I have a lot of interest in interior rhyming; not just rhyming at the end of the lines, but playing around with… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
“Jace rolled his eyes. “It’s fascinating,” he said. “You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I've been accused of not really paying attention to a sentence unless my name comes up in it twice. — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
The energy is important. It's the rebirth of the character. Even more than the sentence itself, it's the energy that has to… — Jean Dujardin Copy Share Image
The best movies have one sentence that they're exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward. — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it's because my head is… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The most important sentence in a good book is the first one; it will contain the organic seed from which all that… — Paul Horgan Copy Share Image
People often say that when couples are married for a long time, they start to look alike. I don't believe that. But… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
I leafed through the pages, inhaling the enchanted scent of promise that comes with all new books, and stopped to read the… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I let my face go blank and nodded slowly. "Yes.The trolls.Back. With me. Cannot form.Complete sentences." I shook my head. "Yeah,so not… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
High Concept means a book or a film whose core idea can be stated in a single sentence, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger… — Martin Cruz Smith Copy Share Image
If you are forced to describe things for someone else, it sharpens your senses. And also your sense of how hard it… — Judith Thurman Copy Share Image
What does the Earth Desire? I will put it in just a few short sentences... To be admired in her loveliness, To… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
The only victory that really counts in prison is survival. But survival means more than simply being alive. It's not just the… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel.… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
The anguished suspense of watching the lips you hunger for, framing the words, the death sentence, of sheer triteness! — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
