Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1478 authors

I would like to direct in the future, but I am in no hurry with that. — Jonathan Brandis
I think Twitter is such a cool thing because it really is a direct line to the fans and for fans back to you, and… — Alison Brie
If you feel yourself to be a full member in the world, you probably won't turn to writing, because other methods of communication, more direct… — Margot Livesey
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be… — Henry Watson Fowler
Writing improves in direct ratio to the things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there. — William Zinsser
After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework that first draft… — Kent Haruf
Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own head.… — Monica Dickens
I am profoundly uncertain how to write. I know what I love and what I like, because it's a direct passionate response. But when I… — Susan Sontag
I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are… — Mary Ellen Mark
There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no… — David Hurn
More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it is… — Beaumont Newhall
I don't know whether we think in moving images or whether we think in still images. I have a suspicion that on our hard drive,… — Jon Snow
To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for… — Ansel Adams
The creative force in man recognizes and records these rhythms with the medium most suitable to him, the object, or the moment, feeling the cause,… — Edward Weston
Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the… — Jacques Maritain
But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty. A pig producer… — Peter Singer
I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It isn't that some gay will get some rights. It's that everyone else in our state will lose rights. For instance, parents will lose the… — Michele Bachmann
How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given them, is as… — John Andreas Widtsoe

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