Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jhumpa Lahiri

As he watched, he had an immovable expression on his face, composed but alert, as if someone were giving him directions to an unknown destination.

Harry Mathews

As for characters, I think that very little is needed. You just give a hint and the reader will make up the character on his or her own.

Joan D. Vinge

The Big Questions, about survival and quality of life, are confronted by all the main characters in The Snow Queen, at some point.

Jared Diamond

Australia is the smallest continent, and most of it can support only small human populations because of low rainfall and productivity.

Oliver Herford

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man s: She changes it more often.

David Brock

Radio content is never captured and catalogued in a systematic way, so there's no way to hold radio show hosts accountable for their words.

Mark Twain

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Irving Wallace

Read all you can about it, interview experts on it, even travel to the sites of the story to guarantee authenticity and get a feel for the background.

Sarah Zettel

Oh, and for capturing the wonder and magic of fairy tales and turning that into fresh and modern stories, there is no one around to the Neil Gaiman.

Dale Carnegie

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

James Franco

As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor,

Jim Lynch

As a writer, I'm driven by settings. Others are driven by characters or predicaments, but with me, settings come first.

Matthew Lewis

As a character he is really great because he has got the funny sides and the comedy, but he also is kind of useless sometimes.

Camilla Luddington

As a female there aren't too many characters that are very empowering, and there's something very empowering about Lara Croft. She kicks butt and she does it in style. She's confident and she's educated.

Satya Bhabha

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

Joel Edgerton

As an actor, I'm constantly striving to find the darkness in the lighter characters and the lightness in the darker characters.

Joe McFarland

The Big Ten is the premier conference, it's the toughest conference, and to do it week in and week out really says a lot about the character of these guys.

Sathya Baba

A virtuous character is the lamp which illumines the path to peace and joy.

Dan Brown

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

Ernest Hemingway

Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.

Henry Miller

Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.

Christina Baker Kline

I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about.

P. J. O'Rourke

When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.

Amy Bloom

I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.

Dionne Bromfield

The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest.