Real Quote by William Kittredge Download Open image “In a story, nothing is real until it is acted upon.” — William Kittredge ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Real Stories
The story you are about to read is a work of fiction. Nothing - and everything - about it is real. — Todd Strasser Copy Share Image
Nothing's real unless you want it to be, and anything can be real if you want it to enough; so real doesn't really mean… — Zilpha Keatley Snyder Copy Share Image
If a person perceives a situation as real, it is real in its consequences. — W. I. Thomas Copy Share Image
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Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
Up there on Huckleberry Mountain, I couldn't sleep ... As the sky broke light over the peaks of Glacier, I found myself deeply moved… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
“Sometimes there is no choice but to walk into your own house. Far away, you think, and you do not want to see. You… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
I had discovered a terrible vulnerability I myself which I think of not as cowardliness but as an ability to imagine too much. — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
In learning to pay respectful attention to one another and plants and animals, we relearn the acts of empathy, and thus humility and compassion… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
“We must define a story which encourages us to make use of the place where we live without killing it, and we must understand… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
What I wanted was some dreamlike Frank Lloyd Wright bungalow where we could sit on the veranda forever and it would always be twilight… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
I want to think I deserve what I get. I don't want to consider how vastly I am overly rewarded. I don't want to… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
Places come to exist in our imaginations because of stories, and so do we. When we reach for a "sense of place," we posit… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
A man ... needs to get out in the open air and sweat and blow off the stink. — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
Don't worry about meaning. If a story's any good, it can't help but have meaning. Let the PhDs tell you what your story means. — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
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I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable. — Twiggy Copy Share Image
The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second… — Vikram Sarabhai Copy Share Image
I rap when I'm rich. I rap when I'm broke. I rap when I'm bullshit in the street. I rap about only having one… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna squeal out that this is my 23rd retirement, my real, real retirement. But you know there comes a time where you… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
My very first real job in the industry was as a production assistant on a show called 'Infinity Factory' in 1976. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image