Ability Quote by Nipsey Russell

I think at a certain age I became conscious of the power of words. And it was fairly late. I was kind of a…

— Barack Obama

I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of…

— Henning Mankell

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

I learned that there is an inner strength that blossoms when one cleanses themselves by processing and attempting to comprehend their situation and/or experience.…

— Dominique Jackson

I grew up feeling voiceless and powerless as a kid. I turned to books - fantasy books in particular - to give me comfort.…

— Sabaa Tahir

I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend…

— Tom Cruise

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.

— Joey Skaggs

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into…

— Katherine Dunn

When I started writing, I thought nobody would understand the things that I liked. Then I began getting a lot of letters from people…

— Novala Takemoto

I don't really believe in writer's block or anything like that. If I'm not feeling words, I may pick up an instrument and play…

— Saul Williams

For me, I was in school and I pushed myself to be a good student, just because that's the type of person I was,…

— Misty Copeland

For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I…

— Plutarch