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Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough… — Ambrose Bierce
Writers would be warm, loyal, and otherwise terrific people-if only they'd stop writing. — Laura Miller
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the principal… — George R. R. Martin
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz and John Grisham… — David Foster Wallace
Dialogue must appear realistic without being so. Actual realism-the lifting, as it were, of passages from a stenographer's take-down of a 'real life' conversation-would be… — Elizabeth Bowen
If you would be a writer, first be a reader. Only through the assimilation of ideas, thoughts and philosophies can one begin to focus his… — Allan W. Eckert
If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good. — Steven Galloway
It is crazy even to ask what creativity is. It would be just as useful to interview a caraway plant in your garden and ask:… — Unknown Author
Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession would be unimaginably offensive, as… — Evelyn Waugh
If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for… — Barry Lopez
Though the structures and patterns of mathematics reflect the structure of, and resonate in, the human mind every bit as much as do the structures… — Keith Devlin
The value of a problem is not so much coming up with the answer as in the ideas and attempted ideas it forces on the… — Israel Nathan Herstein
We need to be much clearer about what we do and do not know so that we don't continually confuse the two. If I could… — Benjamin Bloom
What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the… — William Albert Allard
There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things! — Oprah Winfrey
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term-meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail… — Ansel Adams
If I were just curious, it would be very hard to say to someone, I want to come to your house and have you talk… — Diane Arbus
I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses. — Margaret Bourke-White
I photographed the entire thing in color because to photograph it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy. Because there… — Joel Meyerowitz
It's nothing but a matter of seeing, thinking, and interest. That's what makes a good photograph. And then rejecting anything that would be bad for… — Andreas Feininger
While a painting, even one that meets photographic standards of resemblance, is never more than the stating of an interpretation, a photograph is never less… — Susan Sontag
What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio. — Unknown Author
If you gave Arsene Wenger eleven players and told him to pick his team, this would be it. — Andy Gray
A win would be better than a draw. — Denis Law
Photographers should make three or four prints from one negative and then crop them differently. When I was art director at Harper's Bazaar and at… — Alexey Brodovitch

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