Quotes of: C-s-lewis Keyword

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

Jilly Cooper

Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.

Dawn Powell

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

Don Roff

Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.

Don Roff

You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.

Don Roff

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Don Roff

Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand.

Dani Shapiro

When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.

Dani Shapiro

I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.

Dani Shapiro

My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.

Dani Shapiro

I've bumped into at least three people in town who all insist 'Winter's Bone' is about them.

Daniel Woodrell

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.

Ernest Bramah

True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway.

Edna Buchanan

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

Eleanor Catton

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.

Eleanor Catton

I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries.

Eleanor Catton

Sometimes I'll read something on Twitter, and I'll just be in the darkest of moods for the rest of the day or the rest of the week sometimes.

Eleanor Catton

The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.

Eleanor Catton

Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children's literature and guided me towards adult literature.

Eleanor Catton

It is honor that makes commerce possible, dear brother. And the law courts, when men lack it.

Edward Cline

It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.

Eric Jerome Dickey