They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
Joss Whedon and all the writers of 'Iron Man' and 'Thor' found a way to keep Coulson saying something that keeps you… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
When I did stand-up at U.C.B., and I had a blog for a couple of years that started my writing career, 'Totally… — Erin Foster Copy Share Image
“Oh God, for a few who will love me in tiny ways every single day of my flashing existence. For a mere… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I've had many students over the years, sometimes even very sophisticated students, who will be writing and will hit a wall. Often… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest… — Frank J. Tipler Copy Share Image
I love this book! Cathy Malkasian's Percy Gloom swirls with echoes of cartoon landscapes from the past and present. You can almost… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very polite family, and I suppose my parents were both very polite, and from the time I… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is… — Lawrence Hill Copy Share Image
I find I think of myself not as a writer so much as someone who provides a gateway, a tangential route for… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“The struggle for a life extracts all our attention, and leaves us blind, deaf, dumb and senseless. The writer, the artist, the… — Anu Lal Copy Share Image
Many novice writers, students in particular, think that writing is little more than copying down their self-talk, the palaver of the voices… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
It would truly be a fine thing if men suffered themselves to be guided by reason, that they should acquiesce in the… — Francois de la Noue Copy Share Image
Roles came to me. I was very, very lucky in that respect. Great directors, great writers, great producers - they saw something… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil. I've got many ideas that are still to be drawn out, but the… — Jade Hassoune Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
I would tell high school Shane to just start writing down everything that was happening. It was so hard to think back… — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
Every writer has to make an emotional journey from artist sitting in attic to being part of a business. The writer of… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
One of the things I always underscore when I teach criticism is that young critics, or would be critics, frequently have this… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
“The Stoics taught a life of restraint and control, the personal cultivation of learning, beauty, and reason. The Stoics asked the Romans… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
It's hard to tell if I've had writer's block because it seems to me that it's when nothing comes, but, you know,… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
When you're writing, it's so absorbing. It's like a drop cloth goes over you, and the world outside falls away, but you… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you’ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
When I was home, traditionally since I was young, I'd write in cafés. That was the romantic notion in 1963. Café atmospheres… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
It was actually the movie 'Rushmore' that made me first realize that I could try writing, but 'Cheers' is the best show… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
Most writers I know have switched to word processors. I haven't but I'm very curious about why people like it so much.… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I'm often characterized as an optimistic writer, and certainly my 'Neanderthal Parallax' and 'WWW' trilogies shade toward the utopian. I like to… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
In my head, the 5 issues of A Spoon Too Short comprise one novel: a 100 page graphic novel sequel to Douglas'… — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
“Right? Or is writing like everything else in my life where I don't quite measure up? Loved, but not quite the Gabrielle… — Stephanie Morrill Copy Share Image
So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is… — Steve Tesich Copy Share Image
What I've learned being a writer is to just basically not buckle - not be belligerent, not be angry, not throw fits.… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Id been thinking about directing for a while. I write a lot, so I have a lot of scripts, and I have… — Angus Macfadyen Copy Share Image
When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read something and it's just -- it doesn't invite a reader…Sometimes you read something and it's not saying, 'oh come… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay is a stylistically daring writer in love with surrealism, credited with being 'the woman who reintroduced hardcore sexuality to Bengali… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
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![“According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson he must do it. Why?" Jefferson asked, as Adams would recount. Reasons enough," Adams said. What can be your reasons?" Reason first: you are a…” quote by David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/david-mccullough-1091_declaration_according-to-adams-jefferson-proposed-th_1305261.png)
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