Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
An American critic wrote that she would rather be forced to read the New York telephone directory three times than watch the… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
America has lost one-third of its manufacturing jobs since NAFTA, a deal signed by Bill Clinton and supported strongly by Hillary Clinton.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The system [in U.S.] is designed for a two-party system. And those two parties have an interest in keeping third parties out.… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason. — Navjot Singh Sidhu Copy Share Image
I think I have been able to eliminate the idea of a third person: the Intruding Photographer. — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
With live-action I think we'd have lost the universal appeal of the Persepolis story. With live-action, it would have turned into a… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
After a moment, Wrath turned to John. "This is Lassiter, the fallen angel. One of the last times he was here on… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things. — John Bevere Copy Share Image
When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
Then, finally, the third year, begging the parents, I got the Superman Halloween costume. Cardboard box, self-made top, mask included. Remember the… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Imagine all human beings swept off the face of the earth, excepting one man. Imagine this man in some vast city, New… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
I'm okay with roaming around the world in my bunk for days on end. Maybe every third day I'll get a shower… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We have a complete void of progressive politics in this country right now. The will of the people goes ignored and unrealized.… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Inertia accounts for two-thirds of marriages. But love accounts for the other third. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it-the quality of temptation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image