Quotes of: Point-of-view Keyword

I have found that a writer is formed not so much by their experiences but by the way in which they view and capture those experiences.

Liquid Me: A Collection of Poetry and Prose

The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.

Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh

He's never quite got the trick of conversation, tending to hear in dissenting views, however mild, a kind of affront, an invitation to mortal combat.

Saturday

For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view.

The Sweetest Thing

Listen: being dead is not worse than being alive. It is different though. You could say the view is larger.

The Poisonwood Bible

The past was dwindling, like something shrinking to a speck in the rear-view mirror, and the future was shining through the windscreen, demanding her full attention.

Under the Skin

…a cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed...

When Christ and His Saints Slept

Our common humanity, viewed realistically, can be as much a source of despair as hope.

War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage

And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object.

World of Wonders

I think I've always had that bird's-eye view of myself. I think it's an actor trait... Sometimes it's best just to get lost out there, but other times you have to be aware of where the light's hitting you.

Allison Williams

If you ask me about my views on the environment, on women's rights, on gay rights, I am liberal. I don't have a problem with that at all. Some of my best friends are liberal.

Bernie Sanders

In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism.

John Bolton

Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the judgments. That's just my basic view of my function as a journalist.

Jim Lehrer

If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent effect in my view vastly outweighs even the best compliance program you can put in place.

Jed S. Rakoff

Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to do. They haven't got to try and interpret someone's writing; it's all theirs. I really admire that.

Jason Statham

Schweitzer is where I found snowboarding; it will always have a special place in my heart and is a top-notch ski resort. It has some of the best bowl tree skiing in the world and breathtaking views of Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille.

Nate Holland

I think that all countries that participate in multilateral institutions see the institutions as a way of advancing what they view as their national interests and they see in many cases multi-lateral institution as the best way to do that.

Paul Wolfowitz

In Lakefield View, everybody has a secret. Behind every smile lies a dark story. Behind every hello is a hidden goodbye.

Remnants of the Damned

There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a character or moving a plot.

Jim Webb

Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.

Nancy Pearcey

The View of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and the ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.

Norman Rockwell