We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected.
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.
If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books.
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?
I'd say probably the most expensive costumes I've ever made were the costumes in 'The Planet of the Apes,' because of the research and development that went into them and the amount of layers.
I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.
I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.
During the day, if I don't have any other commitments, I'm usually at my desk writing, revising, or researching anywhere from four to six hours.
Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.
Research shows that couples who have a lot of similarities, including intellectual compatibility, end up staying together.
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
I would finally renounce my delusional hypotheses and revert to thinking of myself as a human of more conventional circumstances and return to mathematical research.
The research included neutron resonance spectroscopy, the angular distribution of pion elastic and inelastic scattering on nuclei with optical model fitting.
Human spirit, things that aren't tangible, fascinate me, so I'm always researching mind, spirit, soul.
I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little more prepared.
Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of the past.
Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.
Research suggests that people are typically unaware of the reasons why they are doing what they are doing, but when asked for a reason, they readily supply one.
Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.
