When we "fall" in love, as the expressive verb puts it, the world shakes and changes around us, not only in the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
A person who uses party as a verb is a person who will walk into a shop and walk out wearing a… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be.… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
I don't grasp things this early in the day. I mean, I hear voices, all right, but I can't pick out the… — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb. You… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
The time is right to mix sentences with dirt and the sun with punctuation and rain with verbs. — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom.… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather;… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Perhaps one would be wise when young even to avoid thinking of oneself as a writer - for there's something a little… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Growth of the soul is our goal, and there are many ways to encourage that growth, such as through love, nature, healing… — Joan Z. Borysenko Copy Share Image
Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life,… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
One day the Nouns were clustered in the street. An Adjective walked by, with her dark beauty. The Nouns were struck, moved,… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
I was doing a terrible thing in using the very books you clung to, to rebut you on every hand, on every… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with possessions; it's just that they have value to us only when we use them, engage them, and enjoy… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
You know what would help the instruction form? Verbs! Verbs would be nice! Because they help you get to the end of… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
