The '50s in general are written off as a boring decade following the turmoil of the Second World War and its immediate… — Lynne Reid Banks Copy Share Image
I never really wanted to be a writer. I know it sounds strange, but I honestly believe that I didn't pick the… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at the foot… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Mozart never composed anything, ever! He copied what was written on his soul. — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
In my first year, when I was driving in runs, winning games and making headlines, there was an old man who came… — Willie McCovey Copy Share Image
I would play all the parts of the song, show them the way it went together. Then I'd basically break down an… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I don't read or write SF for cutting edge ideas; I read and write it for the storytelling, and every story is… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
Do you think that civilization advances because of things written in books? Not a bit of what is written in books ever… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
"Admission" is Paul Weitz's movie. This is Karen Croner - the screenwriter's - movie. To have such a lovely role in such… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
To write? Because all this is going to vanish. The only thing left will be the prose and poems, the books, what… — James Salter Copy Share Image
As an author, I don't really think too much about being a celebrity. It's not like being a movie star or a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am. — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Sci-fi uses the images that sf - starting with H.G. Wells - made familiar: space travel, aliens, galactic wars and federations, time… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L.A. and I'm like everyone else wandering… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
I have my favorite authors, but in reality, my mother did. Though she's never written a book, she paved the way for… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
In the first place, all books that get fairly into the vital air of the world were written by the successful class,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In… — Catullus Copy Share Image