Written Quotes · Page 56

I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.

— Roddy Doyle

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

— Michael Schudson

In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

— Rainbow Rowell

I've admired Bill Kauffman's books for years . . . appealing, elegantly written, and entirely American.

— Howard Frank Mosher

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the…

— Edward Coke

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

— J. K. Rowling

I just am so tired of really badly written women. It's so boring.

— Chris O'Dowd

So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.

— Trey Parker

If somebody takes the time, a: to read a book that I have written, and then to b: care about it enough…

— Lois Lowry

Great stories, well written and heartfelt. Prisoner of SouthernRock is an engaging and entertaining celebration of southern music, musicians and characters.

— Chuck Leavell

For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm…

— Kaskade

We live in such a gullible world. Anything that's written, anything that's posted, anything picture that is interpreted one way is taken…

— Keri Hilson

Mostly I work really unconsciously, and I think if the scenes are really well written, which they are, and if I just…

— Elizabeth Reaser

I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that…

— Bret Easton Ellis

Goals that are not written down and developed into plans are like bullets without powder in the cartridge. People with unwritten goals…

— Brian Tracy

I get thousands of letters, and they give me a feeling of how each book is perceived. Often I think I have…

— Isabel Allende

Sex is difficult to write about because it's just not sexy enough. The only way to write about it is not to…

— Toni Morrison

Paul commands: 'Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the Traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.'…

— Saint John Chrysostom

“Autobiographies are always written as if the author had it all mapped out with perfect foresight, ignoring the risks and uncertainties at…

— Raghuram G. Rajan

During a heavy storm at sea a nervous woman passenger on a large liner went to the captain, seeking reassurance. "Captain," she…

— James Keller

I think the first time you have to change code you’ve written previously, to add features or remove a bug, you realize…

— Vikram Chandra

Recently I made the mistake of opening a bundle of reviews that someone had sent me of a production from years and…

— Lindsay Duncan

I don't think the role of style is different for a woman of any age. Style, to me, is about experimenting with…

— Elizabeth Heyert

I have written on numerous occasions that there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While…

— Robert Spencer

Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25.

— Charles Dance

I tend to play characters that aren't supposed to black or written black.

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature

— Nadine Gordimer

Today, only about 1% of the World Wide Web is written in Arabic.

— Marissa Mayer

Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.

— Taye Diggs

You know, looking at it objectively, I've written one or two good books.

— Doris Lessing

'Apartamento,' a magazine out of Spain but written in English, is one of my favorite magazines.

— Caterina Fake

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

— James A. Garfield

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

— Brian Wilson

We should call editorials what they are: columns written by committees.

— Dave Barry

The pen is the tongue of the soul; as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.

— Miguel de Cervantes

I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about.

— Michael Stipe

I am a story teller. If I wanted to send a message I would have written a sermon.

— Philip Pullman

Good books, written by men or women, are ones in which you lose consciousness of the person writing the sentences.

— Siri Hustvedt

Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.

— D. W. Griffith

Capitalism has been really good to me. I'm very fortunate: I have written books and my books have sold.

— Marianne Williamson