She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
The story follows the whole family. But pretty much all the characters who are in jail have written a book about it,… — Marguerite Moreau Copy Share Image
I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
Nobody says anything real today. Most of those girls have their songs written by other people. It annoys me, because 'eh oh… — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
Usually, in any revolution people are focused on who wants to have the most power. But the most important thing is the… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
My mother's incredible diaries, which she'd written from when she was 21, and even before that. She fell in love with my… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
If I were an immigrant Latino not born in the US, I could not have written Searching for Whitopia: An Improbably Journey… — Richard Benjamin Copy Share Image
I don't begin a novel until I have written, not just the last sentence, but usually, as a result thereof, many of… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Good poetry could not have been otherwise written than it is. The first time you hear it, it sounds rather as if… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My English teacher, Dr. John Lindstrom, taught me an appreciation for the written word. Until his class, I'd dabbled in journalism and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written. — Peter Warlock Copy Share Image
But it's never just been the journals that have made the difference, I don't think. It's also the way the students are… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I became hooked on 'In Treatment,' which was so finely written and performed. Such a simple idea, and yet it delved into… — Hattie Morahan Copy Share Image
It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like… — Thomas Mars Copy Share Image
There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
The roles that are written for women as they grow older in theater are much richer and much more powerful. — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
Eventually we even got to the point where we could disagree with [Bernard Leach]. I mean, when we first went there, gee,… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I think that there's a lot of guys out there that want to read the equivalent of chick lit, but really there's… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
Without the imaginative insight which goes with creative literature, history cannot be intelligibly written. — C. V. Wedgwood Copy Share Image
A curious thing about written literature: It is about four thousand years old, but we have no way of knowing whether four… — John Barth Copy Share Image
