Book Quote by Carl Reiner Download Open image “I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"” — Carl Reiner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Doe Down and Firsts Lines Way Writing
I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“I always wanted to write a book, but it looked really hard: how did you get all the lines to come out even on… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I don't have an idea of what I'm doing. I just go where it leads. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“There's a very thin line that separates readers and writers. You make a leap over that line when there’s a book you want to… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
No two books come out the same way. Some I write by the seat of my pants; others are planned in minute detail. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way. — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what… — Azgraybebly Josland Copy Share Image
I can't pass up a blank book when I see it in a bookstore. And I write a sentence in it, and then I… — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
Sometimes I sit down and write, but I can write in my head line by line. — Kodie Shane Copy Share Image
“The last thing one knows when writing a book is what to put first.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I've seen the invention of television and performed on television even before my family owned one. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Going through war and living is a very important process. You realize how vulnerable you are and how lucky you are to be in… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see if I… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Every morning, I would actually look at the obituaries before I had breakfast. And as a joke I said if I was not in… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Writing is the basis of all, because creating something that didn't even exist before is like taking an empty canvass. It is a wonderful… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I only please myself. I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else and I don't have great… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
You can get the best out of people if they're happy and not worried or not frightened that they're going to make a mistake. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did - that was it. I wrote… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
