I hate it when something I've had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I've written, or some teacher gets fired for… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing… — Bjork Copy Share Image
It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Most Americans, who think Congress has a right to do anything for which they can get a majority vote, ignore the clearly… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most… — John Clute Copy Share Image
The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
In a letter (no matter how quickly it is written or honestly or freely or lovingly) it is more possible to be… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
... the Lord Jesus said, 'To those who are in bonds, Come out, and to those who are in prison, Go forth'… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then… — David Cross Copy Share Image
Could it be argued that if the Chinese revolution seems to be a response to the needs of rural society, whereas the… — Eric A. Havelock Copy Share Image
When, and how, and at what stage of our development did spirituality and our strange notions of religion arise? the need for… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
One of the questions on which clarity of thinking is now most necessary is that of the relation between the methods of… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care… — Lauren Grodstein Copy Share Image
There's been more written about Lincoln than movies made about him or television portraying him. He's kind of a stranger to our… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
A good day's writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I've written okay, or as well as I… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I love the silent era because you can see the rules being written, the grammar of film being created. Most of my… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
When all is said and done and the e-book is written about politics and the Internet, it is not going to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I write about things that scare me. I've never written a snake story in my life. I myself have never written a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Written communication is a tremendous help for me, and so when electronic mail was invented in '71, I got very excited about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I approached one of his secretaries for an interview, I was told that Bob [Dylan] didn't want to see me anymore… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
An astonishing debut. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, Stuart Neville’s THE TWELVE is both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
Banging techno grooves from the one and only Ben Sims. Around the time of this was written he had that tribal/funky techno… — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
What I intend to do is uphold a standard of intellectual seriousness on the right. [These books] should be written in a… — Adam Bellow Copy Share Image
My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I do have a lot of sexual imagery in my performance. But I don't think it's ever encouraging anyone to have sex.… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Any alphabet book for children where 'P is for Patti' Smith and 'X is for the women whose names we don't know'… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
It is written, we appear to men like angels of light. Light is an effect of fire and fire will burn. These… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When we spoke, Gene Wilder had just written a memoir called "Kiss Me Like A Stranger." The title was suggested by his… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I think there is a natural thing that you feel when you've written something taboo because you just don't want to expose… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The more I have written, the less it has been about exploring myself, and the more it has been about exploring the… — Nick McDonell Copy Share Image