Ability Quote by Michael Scott

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of…

— Barbara Kruger

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.

— Manuel Puig

Me and Biggie share a storytelling ability--he was an actor on wax, too. His stories were so vivid and torrid, he made you feel…

— Black Rob

“Say (silently to yourself), ‘Thanks mind!’, ‘Thanks for sharing!’, ‘Is that right?’, ‘That’s amazing!’, ‘That’s so informative!’ Don’t do this sarcastically or aggressively, but…

— Matt Lewis

I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very much be…

— Peter Weir

If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to…

— Franz Kafka

I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don't like. No other criterion exists for me.

— Anton Chekhov

A literary work can only be received through symbols, through concepts - for that is what words are; but cinema, like music, allows for…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

A Christmas Carol' is one of a few literary works that can be cited as a common cultural reference point, so its a text…

— Michael Rosen

“Real life is often more literary than the works of literature. That’s because it doesn’t have to appear credible.”

— Mikhail Iossel

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to…

— George Brandis