At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.
I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village.
Freedom without limits is when you choose to be a Bondman for "JESUS".... Sounds funny but it is the fact as well as the Truth
If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.
It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.
The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.
The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.
I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound.
I was born in New Jersey, but it doesn't sound like I'm from a certain region.
The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
I honestly don't know how many pairs of shoes I have - about 100 in use. It sounds so bad. I splurge when I work hard.
Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.
The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and operates to the advantage of all concerned.
I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound.
You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.
Superorganism. A biologist coined that word for our great African ant colonies, claiming that consciousness and intelligence resided not in the individual ant but in the collective ant mind. The trail of red taillights stretching to the horizon as da...
Oh, look, there are jobs available in Jacksonville! Today there are two jobs for me and 1.2 million other people in this city to choose from. I can either go into the advertising industry by being a sign spinner, which sounds perfect for me because I...
A brick is a lot like love. I mean, I’m sure it is. It simply must be. However, I can’t think of how at the moment, but that’s natural, because I’m not Cupid. OK, here’s something: A brick has six sides, and love—wait, no, love only has f...
Chamberlain raised his saber, let loose the shout that was the greatest sound he could make, boiling the yell up from his chest: Fix bayonets! Charge! Fix bayonets! Charge! Fix bayonets! Charge! He leaped down from the boulder, still screaming, his v...
