Magic Quote by Sidney Lumet Download Open image “There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at.” — Sidney Lumet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Magic Powerful Stills Writing
The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
I had decided to be a magician well before I decided to be a writer. I was the little boy who would get up… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
I think I became [writer] despite myself - tricking myself into it, really. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Now as to magic. It is surely absurd to hold me "weak" or otherwise because I choose to persist in a study which I… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one. — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness. — Zoë Heller Copy Share Image
I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new… — Deborah Norville Copy Share Image
There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie… — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie). — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that… — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I have a lot of secret uses for sour cream, which is the magic ingredient in my mac and cheese. It's an old-timey, Southern… — Paula Deen Copy Share Image
“(Evil people) do not believe in forgiveness. Their transgressions are either punished or not punished. That is the only result that matters.” — Daniel McHugh Copy Share Image
“Sitting at the old patio table she’d cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs of the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
There's nothing more special than intellect and labour that makes painting work. There's no magic there; it's information, and it's work. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
“His hand came out and captured her by the chin. She froze, finding it hard to breathe as he gently raised her face to… — Lia Davis Copy Share Image
Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they… — Dai Vernon Copy Share Image
Maybe Park had paralyzed her with his ninja magic, his Vulcan handhold, and now he was going to eat her. That would be awesome. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Humans are naturally scared and confused beings. They not only fear the unknown, as they live fearing themselves... ☥” — Luis Marques Copy Share Image