Happiness Quote by Tina Fey

Perhaps the sketch of a work is so pleasing because everyone can finish it as he chooses.

— Eugene Delacroix

“True artists know how to cut their subjects open and bleed them onto the canvas.”

— Chelsea Sedoti

As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and…

— Aristotle

Every sketch goes through a rewrite stage where a group of writers sits around a table and pitches more jokes and ideas for the…

— Vanessa Bayer

“What you produce as a writer is art. A voice that opens a vein and leaves the reader lapping at the blood that’s been…

— H.N. Sieverding

If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives.

— Kumail Nanjiani

“If you give a writer a line, they'll take a paragraph…”

— Suzanne McKenna Link

“Fiction, like sculpture or painting, begins with a rough sketch. One gets down the characters and their behavior any way one can, knowing the…

— john gardner

“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it.”

— Mark Twain

“Poorly written books are a kin to actors forgetting their lines.”

— Peggy Randall-Martin

“Writing is like painting. You sketch it, add colour, add depth and detail. You give it a final layer and then hang it proudly.”

— Kia Carrington-Russell