Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The best picture has not yet been painted; the greatest poem is still unsung; the mightiest novel remains to be written; the… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
The Da Vinci Code may well be the only novel ever written that begins with the word 'renowned'... I think what enabled… — Geoffrey K. Pullum Copy Share Image
A woman called Rose has written to me every day for the last 15 years. That's dedication. It's not quite fan mail,… — Tony Blackburn Copy Share Image
If women were in charge of all the world's nations, there would be sincerely believe this - no military conflicts, and when… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Part of flirting is that you tend to give each other a little extra slack to be obscure - to say things… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Those mutually opposed manifestos are written with the same eloquence, they breathe the same virtuous indignation, and one is just as sincere… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Darren Hardy has written a new bible for the self-improvement space. If you are looking for the real deal-a real program, with… — David Bach Copy Share Image
In contrast to a dream a reverie cannot be recounted. To be communicated, it must be written, written with emotion and taste,… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
[It] was written and sold. I knew it was a strong story because I cared about it and believed in it. I… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
When 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
“I've written you sixty-seven love poems. Here’s another one for you. But really, for me. These poems are the candles that I… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
It is the Jews who originated biblical exegesis (a critical analysis of the Bible), just as they were the first to criticize… — Bernard Lazare Copy Share Image
I am sure it has been done with less, but you should be prepared to write and throw away a million words… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about the history of poetry in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries is that people who read… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
Who can doubt that God created us to be happy, and thereto made us to love one another? It is plainly written… — Francis Marion Copy Share Image
When I write plays, I'm already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started… — A. Scott Berg Copy Share Image
Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If… — Confucius Copy Share Image
I know myself - I cannot just play a cliche. It has to be a character; it has to be written with… — Hiam Abbass Copy Share Image
Every day on the set, things change. You move things around. The actors are creating the roles and bringing them to life,… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
The book, you understand, was not written for publication. It was the portrayal of my emotions, the analysis of my own soul… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
Fate handed Barack Obama the best of all political gifts - a dyspeptic, surly, spiteful opposition on the one hand and very… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The faith of the Latter-day Saints and the teaching that I have had since I was a child at my mother's knee,… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
No matter what I've written, someone somewhere has come up to me and said, "Me too." The truth can be offensive, but… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge kind of visual director. For me, it's all about the acting. There's no greater buzz than working with… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
No one, at any rate no English writer, has written better about childhood than Dickens. In spite of all the knowledge that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The telephone conversation is, by its very nature, reactive, not reflective. Immediacy is its prime virtue. ... The letter, written in absorbed… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Those who first introduced compulsory education into American life knew exactly why children should go to school and learn to read: to… — Dorothy H Cohen Copy Share Image
To rush in upon an event before its significance has had time to separate from the surrounding circumstances may be enterprising, but… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
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If you just read Joseph Campbell, who has written amazing books on mythology and religion, they all do come together at some… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
The most important thing about the first sale is for the very first time in your life something written has value and… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I think words speak to us even though they may be written on a wall. So we hear them in our mind.… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
The purpose of having the title 'World-Teacher' is to acknowledge, to show, the condition of mind and heart when you have achieved.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Obviously it's easier when I' m doing the adapting myself. But my feeling is, your potential upside far outweighs the downside. Ultimately,… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
Oddly, since by now I've written quite a lot on early modern philosophers, I didn't care for the history of philosophy, which… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
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![“[It] was written and sold. I knew it was a strong story because I cared about it and believed in it. I had no idea that it would have the effect it had on the audience. While most people ignored it, of course, and continue to live full and happy lives without reading it or anything else by me…” quote by Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f0/orson-scott-card-134_audience_it-was-written-and-sold-i-knew-it-was-a_647650.jpg)
![“No matter what I've written, someone somewhere has come up to me and said, "Me too." The truth can be offensive, but it's always nourishing, in a way. You recognize it. You can feel it. And even if [readers] think, "My god, I would never get in those situations," within those ridiculous…” quote by Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eaf/augusten-burroughs-603_books_no-matter-what-i-ve-written-someone-some_2635472.jpg)
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![“Obviously it's easier when I' m doing the adapting myself. But my feeling is, your potential upside far outweighs the downside. Ultimately, they [moviemakers] can't change your book. Your book remains on the shelf the way you wrote it. If they make a great movie of your book, then you have the…” quote by Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fba/jonathan-tropper-1555_adapting_obviously-it-s-easier-when-i-m-doing-the_2596791.jpg)
