Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brandon Sanderson

I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.

Ben Mezrich

There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.

Ben Okri

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.

Barbara Kingsolver

I know I have to write about the things that keep me awake at night.

Barbara Kingsolver

If you're writing, you're a writer. If you're talking about it or thinking about it, I'm not so sure. Writing is ninety-eight percent work and two percent magic.

Barbara Kingsolver

There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.

Barbara Mertz

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

Augustus

We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.

Augusten Burroughs

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

David Reed

As a parish priest you're formed much by the people you serve and live with.

Richard Lewis

Back in the day, people used to have more patience for the long form and for storytelling,

Thomas Kyd

Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs

Paul Richards

The thought was that it was better to withdraw the proposal rather than risk a formal veto at this stage,

Jim Tressel

You've heard our formula many times. You ... need superior special units, relentless defense, mistake-free and opportunistic offense.

Walther Bothe

During conversion, the newly formed nucleus is not always immediately in the ground state, but is at times in one of the possible activated states.

Alan Greenspan

While these forms of protection have often been imposed under the label of promoting so-called 'fair trade,' oftentimes they are just simple guises for inhibiting competition.

Seth Godin

We've had people who were yoga instructors. ... We have a former marine, and we have everything in between,

Jacques Rogge

We are still in the preliminary phases of the general outlook of the torch relay but the route is not yet defined. The practical circumstances of the torch relay and the whole format is still under discussion.

Minnie Driver

Sometimes, if it feels right to do something, you have to do it no matter what others think.

Corey Koskie

It was a long time. It feels good to be back here.

Laurie Graham

As well as writing novels and doing short-order journalism, I am also the full-time carer of my husband, who has Alzheimer's. Each day feels like a race that must be run.

Ariana Grande

When you feel your best, everybody else can feel it, too.

Delta Goodrem

I'm still human - I can't not feel.

Fritz Elmendorf

We've seen record numbers of bankruptcies every year. The lending industry feels there are a number of filings that are abusive and could have been avoided.

Amy Denson

We got a feel for losing on the road. Now that we know what it feels like, that has to inspire us to play better. We have to be more disciplined and patient.

Jim Furyk

We helped each other and there's a lot of emotions, so a half-point kind of feels like a disappointment,

Chris Davis

We help a lot of people out, ... It feels good inside to know that you're making a difference.