The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows.… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share Image
Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or… — Randy Wayne White Copy Share Image
My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone… — Orville Prescott Copy Share Image
The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue… — Terence Fisher Copy Share Image
There's a difference between writing, the written word, and music. When you have the blank page it doesn't make a sound, which… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“Don't believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I long ago abandoned myself to a blind lust for the written word. Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Richard Burton had a tremendous passion for the English language, especially the spoken and written word — Frank Bough Copy Share Image
My progressive ideals are screaming in [Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos] book; what I believe. There is no muddying-up because of… — Angela Alioto Copy Share Image
Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
My wife loves written words ... you know, words that stick to parchment and paper like dead flies, and it seems my… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“You won’t forget that,” Claire assured her. “I like things written down,” Tabitha mumbled. “Then you’ve got them for good.” — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
Written words differ from spoken words in being material structures. A spoken word is a process in the physical world, having an… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The picture alone, without the written word, leaves half the story untold. — James Lafferty Copy Share Image
