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I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during my… — George R. R. Martin
Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
For after all, what is there behind, except money? Money for the right kind of education, money for influential friends, money for leisure and peace… — George Orwell
Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began again with other… — Elie Wiesel
To finish is a sadness to a writer - a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn't… — John Steinbeck
I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me. — Anthony Burgess
Good writers are visible just behind their words. — William Zinsser
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go. — Randy Travis
If present trends continue, our country may soon find itself far behind many other nations in both science and technology nations where, if you inform… — Martin Gardner
When you photograph a face . . .you photograph the soul behind it. — Jean-Luc Godard
I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't remember… — Richard Avedon
There is always a subjective aspect in landscape art, something in the picture that tells us as much about who is behind the camera as… — Robert Adams
When you pose for a photograph, it's behind a smile that isn't yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you… — Richard Avedon
Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic.… — Daniel Finkelstein
We'll not give up even if we're 12 points behind with one game left. — Joe Hart
I can never predict my future because a big part of my future is already behind me. — Guus Hiddink
As I became aware that all things have unique spatial and temporal qualities which visually define and relate them, I began to perceive the things… — Wynn Bullock
It's probably similar to being in New York City and having a cab driver behind you and you're driving too slow. It's not the most… — Barry Sanders
The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence… — Alexey Brodovitch
I now understand what Nelle Morton meant when she said that one of the great tasks in our time is to "hear people to speech."… — Parker J. Palmer

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