Written laws are formulas in which we endeavor to express as concisely as possible that which, under such or such determined circumstances,… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don't put down a word until the play seems… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
There is no question that creative intelligence comes not through learning things you find in books or histories that have already been… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your correspondence in the… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited… — Buddy Rich Copy Share Image
Monstress is an exhilarating rollercoaster of a book. Deeply funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, philosophical, bawdy, and wise, Lysley Tenorio’s stories, written from the… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
I've never been one like, "Oh, these are my songs" - that was done out of necessity, because there was no one… — Josh Jones Copy Share Image
In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban… — Brandon Massey Copy Share Image
Neiman's book is written with considerable flair, as many critics have already noted, but it possesses a far rarer and more valuable… — Mark Kingwell Copy Share Image
The Christians and the Jews do not believe that the Bible is the verbatim words of God. In fact it is clear… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
being a member of the court is a lot like walking through fresh concrete. Do you remember doing that as a child… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I have never written a musical. I have never written a weird, interactive piece of theater. I wanted to do something that… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
Before novels written by women were relegated to their own 'genre,' I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Poetry isn't written from the idea down. It's written from the phrase, line and stanza up, which is different from what your… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I love humor in writing, so I've written to the thing that's funny, there's the joke, but then I just kept going.… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
Like books you will never have the chance to read, there are languages you do not know, and you're not going to… — James Salter Copy Share Image
If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room; you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. I've written… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I think the first important thing is that usually most textbooks are not written by their authors. And so by author I… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, I returned to Europe...… — Ornella Muti Copy Share Image
With some songs, I have written narratives or I've tried to carry it through, but generally the things that were more genius,… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because… — Connie Francis Copy Share Image
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The real thing is, you should be seeing these plays in the Theatre. That's what they were written for. That's where the… — Tony Randall Copy Share Image
Only well-written works will descend to posterity. Fulness of knowledge, interesting facts, even useful inventions, are no pledge of immortality, for they… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature. — Jessica Shirvington Copy Share Image
It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
But the basic principle that we’re going to have to see some of this debt written down, that the government is going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
I should think it extremely improbable that anyone ever wrote for money. Naturally, when he has written something, he wants to get… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And… — George Michael Copy Share Image
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