Over Quote by Melvin Van Peebles Download Open image “In trying to cross over to the mainstream, some people stopped writing what they witnessed.” — Melvin Van Peebles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Over People Trying Witnessed Writing
When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had. — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
I remember from my academic days, there were people who could never begin writing because they hadn't read every single thing on their subject,… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The past is full of examples of renegade writers who were overlooked in their time not only because their work didn't fit neatly into… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
“As the media was wont to do, their reports became more and more hysterical and fantastical, in an attempt to keep their audience interested,… — Joshua Dalzelle Copy Share Image
I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to break even when they had the story because they… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
I guess you could say I've written a lot about one thing as a journalist. But I hardly ever saw it as exclusively about… — Alex Tizon Copy Share Image
We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era of fear… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
It's only recently that I've come to understand that writers are not marginal to our society, that they, in fact, do all our thinking… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I went to a number of schools when I was a kid on the south side of Chicago. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I'm not a normal director. You can't look at me that way. What's kept me alive is my technical skill at doing other things. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Don't ask me something if you don't want to know. Because I will tell you. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I was a trader for a company. That's different from the brokers who we sort of disdain as sort of just errand boys. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
After 'Don't Play Us Cheap,' I got very busy with theater and Wall Street. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Whitey is uptight about offending blacks without really knowing what offends blacks. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I said to my kids, 'Learn the business of America if you want to be an artist in America. The rest of that stuff,… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game… — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
If you choose to work at a larger company over a smaller company, you are more likely to be higher paid. — Julie Sweet Copy Share Image
Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Brian Johnson, AC/DC, singing 'The Hokey Pokey' with him - I'll take that over any other moment. — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
I was a serious competitive figure skater and still ice-skate as much as I can. Anyway, I once brought a date to the rink… — Christian Serratos Copy Share Image
When we built Roomba, we explicitly designed it to not have a face. We didn't want to think it was cute; we wanted people… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image