Related Quotes
All quotes about:
american-author good graceful pleased writers-and-writing
The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway. Jack Vance
american-author fit manage useful
Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
american-author call halt handling kept looking nor truth
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. John Sladek
american-author constantly cornered good ideas knew learn market reaching sam
Sam Walton knew that he hadn't cornered the market on good ideas and that's why he was constantly reaching out to learn from others. Michael Bergdahl
american-author employees encouraged functional limit sam thinking
Sam Walton encouraged his employees to be entrepreneurial in their thinking and not to limit themselves, in their work, to any one functional area.
american-author
The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part. Margaret Halsey
american-author choosing ended happened larger life spent universal
I spent one frenzied day interviewing producers, and ended up choosing Universal and Larger Than Life productions. It all happened in two days. Laura Hillenbrand
american-author married partner physicist supportive work
I've been married for many years to a physicist who's been about as supportive and encouraging of my work as any partner could be. Sara Paretsky
american-author channel family itself minded station
The Wilmington, Delaware, television station that bills itself as The Family Minded Station is Channel 69. Jonathan Carroll