I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.
I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about.
But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist.
I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.
She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her.
Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved.
I don't want to be a propagandist or say that Pakistan is just great. There are problems, but it is a much more complex place than we are given to believe.
Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.
Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.
I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.
A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.
There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.
Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose the last remnants of my Cockney accent.
Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
And as far as possible for sickness or fatigue, constrain yourself to eat in the hall before your people, for this shall bring great benefit and honour to you.
You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth.
When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.
The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.
