It's written, 'seek and ye shall find'. But first, 'imagine what you seek'.Otherwise, you will end up searching everything everywhere forever. Votes: 0
Well, 'The Wellspring' was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience. Votes: 0
Conservatory training is so much. There's so much emphasis on playing perfectly in tune and being perfect and doing everything as it's written. Votes: 0
A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or expressed in... Votes: 0
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances. Votes: 0
Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written. Votes: 0
The movie Fifty Shades of Grey is considerably better written than the book. It is also sort of classy-looking, in a generic, TV-ad-for-bath-oil way. Votes: 0
I have spent myself on all kinds of things ... I have advanced much politically but I have written little and moreover have written it badly. Votes: 0
I'm always homesick for the journey, I had once written in ink speckled script, adding almost as an afterthought, ...no matter what it may hold. Votes: 0
It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends. Votes: 0
You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written. Votes: 0
In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: it's the next work, still to be written, that offers the second chance. Votes: 0
I certainly have written a lot about police in my life, and it's not only something that I know about, but always something that interests me. Votes: 0
I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has in the United States. Votes: 0
I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word. Votes: 0
Where is it written that houses must be beige? Any dun colored house would look better if painted pineapple, cream, ochre, or even a smart sage. Votes: 0
After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship. Votes: 0
A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it. Votes: 0
If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences. Votes: 0
Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It's written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour. Votes: 0
Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written by men. Votes: 0
What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos. Votes: 0
I'm constantly dogged with a feeling of fraudulence, so if somebody tells me they like what I've written, then I immediately begin to think it's rubbish. Votes: 0
Entire books are being written about the distractions of social media. I don't believe media compel distraction, but I think it's clear that they afford it. Votes: 0
Acting's fine if the script's written by Paddy Chayefsky and Martin Scorsese directs it, but unless you have something like that, I don't really enjoy acting. Votes: 0
The highest teaching is never written down. It's only communicated from teacher to student because it's a "transmission of the lamp." It's a transmission of mind. Votes: 0
I've written short stories from male perspectives before, and I've never had a problem with it as long as I've understood the character's emotions and motivations. Votes: 0
Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it. Votes: 0
In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. Votes: 0
All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part. Votes: 0
I realize that the New York Times probably not written for the express purpose of driving me mad; I think of it as liberalism's daily bulletin board. Votes: 0
The slice of time has become enormous in importance, and its hidden meaning is now perfectly plain, though so complex that it can hardly be written down. Votes: 0
It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written. Votes: 0
This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four-and-twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written. Votes: 0
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it. Votes: 0
As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down. Votes: 0
I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science. Votes: 0
I know have lived, so many times, that the only thing I have left to remember is my writing, cause every single moment in life it's already written. Votes: 0
When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity. Votes: 0
If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal. Votes: 0
Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor. Votes: 0
Sometimes I feel I can't quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I'm too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime to learn it. Votes: 0
People had written about that, warfare based on attrition of wealth rather than loss of life. But it's always been easier to make new lives than new wealth. Votes: 0
What I learned from doing 'The Graduate' was it doesn't matter what the medium is... as long as the material is inspiring and the characters are well written. Votes: 0
I don't know the literary world; I was scared of being confronted with famous names, not knowing what they had written. It was occupied territory I was entering. Votes: 0
When I write a page that reads badly I know that it is myself who has written it. When it reads well it has come through from somewhere else. Votes: 0
There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one. Votes: 0
REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm. Votes: 0
I long ago abandoned myself to a blind lust for the written word. Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build my forts and castles, spend glorious time. Votes: 0
While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader. Votes: 0
While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader. Votes: 0
I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to remember what the written word looks like. Votes: 0
I've read your summary." "And?" "It's not incompetent." Be still, my heart, so I don't faint from such faint phrase. "Did you expect it to be written in crayon? Votes: 0
Not much has been written about the Nereids of modern Greece. Wherever there is a warm, healing stream they believe that it flows from the breasts of the Nereids. Votes: 0
While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood. Votes: 0
The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States. Votes: 0
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy' began differently from any previous book I'd written. It actually derives from a story a friend - the novel's dedicatee, Patrick Maher - told me. Votes: 0
First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy. Votes: 0
Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image. Votes: 0
It's interesting to note that all revolutionary literature was written by pastors. These guys were involved in a revolution against the mightiest power that the world had ever seen. Votes: 0
My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment. Votes: 0
What a grim feeling it is to come across a written line so exceptionally inspiring that your first reaction is, 'Criminy, why didn't I ever think to write that!' Votes: 0
When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived.' Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead. Votes: 0
I won't sacrifice my characters morals/intentions/motives for the sake of what I believe is right or wrong. If the action fits the character it will be written. That's that. Votes: 0