Block Quotes

1192 quotes by 1012 authors

Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a… — Martin Amis
There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that… — Natalie Goldberg
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to… — Ramakrishna
Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present.… — Walter Benjamin
It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling… — Northrop Frye
We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict. Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen
When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go… — Tea Obreht
Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block… — Eckhard Pfeiffer
I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's… — Oscar Pistorius
With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block. — James Rollins
Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a way… — Ali Smith
Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society. — Alexander McCall Smith
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief… — Clive Cussler
People will try to block you. Some will do it just for pure hostility. But most others are just afraid of themselves. — Frederick Lenz
There are those who will seek to block you. There are also non-physical forces. To win in the world of enlightenment, it is necessary to… — Frederick Lenz
There are powers and forces that will seek to block you, to make your life more difficult. But if you are up to the study,… — Frederick Lenz
I don't really think of time off as writing blocks. I think that's a western notion of demonizing inactivity. When your imagination decides it needs… — Elliott Smith
The entire structure of the human mind blocks out most of infinity. To a certain extent it's necessary because otherwise one would be insane, unless… — Frederick Lenz
An imbalanced association is when one or both parties become abusive and takes unfair advantage, tries to block another's enlightenment or success. — Frederick Lenz
It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this… — Frederick Lenz

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