Dirk Benedict
Related CHARLES BUKOWSKI GERMANY KENT If you want to be a writer, then write. I. MARLENE KING A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE EPICTETUS So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to. DAVID E. KELLEY GERMANY KENT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WALTER HILL EDMUND WHITE I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer. ELIZABETH GEORGE J. B. PRIESTLEY JACKIE COLLINS JACKIE COLLINS Insanity - It's difficult to comprehend how insane some people can be. Especially when you're insane... LARRY KERSTEN JEAN-LUC GODARD CYNTHIA OZICK I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's script... DEREK CIANFRANCE IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren'... SHIREE MCCARVER BELL HOOKS MARGUERITE DURAS The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than... JOE HALDEMAN JULIANNA BAGGOTT DEYTH BANGER To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one. THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN FLANNERY O'CONNOR I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write. RICHARD FLANAGAN KIM YOUNG-HA How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER GEORGE MACDONALD ERNEST HEMINGWAY JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER LEN DEIGHTON MARIO VARGAS LLOSA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm discipl... DAVID B. COE I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to wr... RUTH OZEKI Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI KARL MARX RICHARD PRICE JEANETTE WINTERSON EPICTETUS Become my muse. And let me paint you with my words... AVIJEET DAS A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful w... BRIAN LUMLEY BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA WENDELL BERRY A Ritual to Read to Each OtherWILLIAM STAFFORD Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF Because I want to be remembered. SHERMAN ALEXIE KHALED HOSSEINI RAY CHARLES ROBERT JORDAN STEPHEN KING Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY ALEKSANDAR HEMON KATY PERRY “A writer soon learns that easy to read is hard to write ...” CJ HECK NICHOLAS SPARKS STEPHEN CHBOSKY NICHOLAS SPARKS NICHOLAS SPARKS HARPER LEE HARPER LEE I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer shoul... JOHN BOYNE GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy HENRY N. BEARD STEPHANIE KLEIN TOM ROBBINS GERMANY KENT LJUPKA CVETANOVA I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer ... DAVID LAGERCRANTZ JAMES THURBER JAMES THURBER RICHARD PRICE I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, p... CASSIE STEELE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA ANNE LAMOTT I'm not the kind of writer that can write eight hours a day... I'm the kind of writer that t... DAVID EBERSHOFF SALMAN RUSHDIE HARUKI MURAKAMI If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with ... AYUMI HAMASAKI EDWARD DAHLBERG How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It's a sheer and an utter nonsense to even think or imagine that a person can gain and retain people... ANUJ SOMANY How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. 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Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute ... DIRK BENEDICT The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are ge... DIRK BENEDICT My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it... DIRK BENEDICT Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorro... DIRK BENEDICT I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with inter... DIRK BENEDICT Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended... DIRK BENEDICT I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the sta... DIRK BENEDICT Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula. DIRK BENEDICT It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don&#... DIRK BENEDICT I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very norm... DIRK BENEDICT I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume! DIRK BENEDICT Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place ... DIRK BENEDICT It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither me... DIRK BENEDICT With my introduction to Miss Swanson and macrobiotics, I had become obsessed. DIRK BENEDICT I wouldn't refuse stardom, recognition, acclaim. I had no axe to grind either way... I wasn't wishin... DIRK BENEDICT I live very much, try to, in the moment, and find whichever moment I'm in to be the best. DIRK BENEDICT I personally don't think anybody should be allowed to write a screenplay UNTIL they are over 40. It ... DIRK BENEDICT I consider my life one long string of failures, but all of the failure has made me more grateful to ... DIRK BENEDICT It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. A... DIRK BENEDICT Meat is bad. Sugar is bad. Chemicals are bad, bad, bad! I wanna be good, good good. So I will just s... DIRK BENEDICT Many people are shy when it comes to getting out on a dance floor. Dancing is an activity that... re... DIRK BENEDICT We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique vo... DIRK BENEDICT It is marketing that makes films popular. Cross-marketing. Selling movies with hamburgers and Coke. DIRK BENEDICT There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reb... DIRK BENEDICT Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors ... DIRK BENEDICT The idea of turning into a reptile fascinated me. Other than that, my role was kind of... well, I do... DIRK BENEDICT From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work. DIRK BENEDICT I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and h... DIRK BENEDICT You can never tire, never wilt-and become half-tyrant, half-psychiatrist, half-madman, and half-dead... DIRK BENEDICT From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how... DIRK BENEDICT We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed ou... DIRK BENEDICT America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts. DIRK BENEDICT The beef, venison and elk vibrations of my first 22 years were still very much controlling the natur... DIRK BENEDICT In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldn't accept losing that time slot. DIRK BENEDICT My son flipped. He loved it. He's 9 now, but he still loves reptiles. To this day, he's so proud tha... DIRK BENEDICT Films are about emotions. They are, for the most part and certainly in today's mainstream film world... DIRK BENEDICT As children get older, they are supposed to gradually stand more and more on their own and eventuall... DIRK BENEDICT That's Hollywood. Boom! From star to forgotten actor. DIRK BENEDICT I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests... DIRK BENEDICT I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years. DIRK BENEDICT I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifeti... DIRK BENEDICT Someday I would love to publish the hundreds of letters I've received from people around the world, ... DIRK BENEDICT I was the final word on everything. I wrote and directed. Complete cast approval. Every piece of mus... DIRK BENEDICT People think surviving cancer is tough, or surviving a divorce, but NOTHING compares with fighting w... DIRK BENEDICT I have my routine. I'm running 3 or 4 miles a day. DIRK BENEDICT I am very much a person who enjoys mornings as much as evenings. DIRK BENEDICT I am not simply an actor, but also have written books and now directed/written a film, I have some p... DIRK BENEDICT Cassavetes would have been pleased with me. Truffaut, too, I think. DIRK BENEDICT Today I spend more time making music than I do writing. DIRK BENEDICT In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could jus... DIRK BENEDICT I ALWAYS enjoy myself. And if I didn't enjoy myself in this experience, I should be locked away for ... DIRK BENEDICT The media destroyed the show with all the hype. All the press worked against us. We didn't become th... DIRK BENEDICT Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and in health, in success and ... DIRK BENEDICT If you have talent as a screenwriter, it will out. Nothing succeeds like perseverance. Never give up... DIRK BENEDICT I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult,... DIRK BENEDICT Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent t... DIRK BENEDICT That's the network mentality. They're always chasing the polls, trying to second-guess what the peop... DIRK BENEDICT Sadly, there are no rules by which an actor learns his craft. Would that it were that easy. I spent ... DIRK BENEDICT There isn't a place on Earth with the amount of beautiful ladies as LA. When you're young and starri... DIRK BENEDICT My films went to numerous film festivals. I was stunned at how shallow the films were and how much a... DIRK BENEDICT I enjoy writing nonfiction the most because one is limited only by one's imagination. Autobiography ... DIRK BENEDICT If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the en... DIRK BENEDICT Hollywood... damn well won't hire a writer over 40 unless he made his mark when he was under 30. Ame... DIRK BENEDICT LIFE: My favorite occupation. DIRK BENEDICT It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily... DIRK BENEDICT There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is... DIRK BENEDICT To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what ... DIRK BENEDICT Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, ps... DIRK BENEDICT A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a scree... DIRK BENEDICT DIRK BOGARDE Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment ce... DIRK KEMPTHORNE I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less. DIRK NOWITZKI My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says:... DIRK NOWITZKI I don't think the Whataburger would dunk on the In-N-Out Burger, but I never really liked Whatab... DIRK NOWITZKI DIRK BOGARDE If you ask Dr. Howard, he can probably diagnose almost all of our injuries and give you a timetable ... DIRK KOETTER This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the h... DIRK KEMPTHORNE The men and women who serve this nation and this state are our guardians of peace and they do so at ... DIRK KEMPTHORNE What we cannot have is grandparents competing with grandchildren for state resources. DIRK KEMPTHORNE Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and... DIRK KEMPTHORNE DIRK BOGARDE Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence... DIRK KEMPTHORNE Off the floor, I'm really laid back: like, nothing really fazes me too much. But on the floor, I... DIRK NOWITZKI In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do ... DIRK KEMPTHORNE We were up three and we should never give up a (3-pointer). That was my fault. We were switching and... DIRK NOWITZKI I think that kind of sucks. I really do. If you have the second-best record, you should have the sec... DIRK NOWITZKI It's just painful, ... I could run on a treadmill forever, but anything side to side was very painfu... DIRK JOHNSON DIRK BOGARDE I never looked at basketball as work. I always enjoyed it as my hobby. I loved it. Once that love is... DIRK NOWITZKI We've never had a quarterback learn our system as fast as he did. That kid was born and bred to be a... DIRK KOETTER We stunk. We got off to a horrible start, and the crowd got into it. That game wasn't what ASU footb... DIRK KOETTER Our team [on Sunday], we were hurting. The coaches and the players were disappointed, frustrated, th... DIRK KOETTER I want to take that one back at the end of regulation that I missed. I kind of rushed that one when ... DIRK NOWITZKI Mike is a little guy, about 285 pounds, and Leo is about 355 pounds. Leo has really improved. He len... DIRK KOETTER We've had to do some juggling. DIRK KOETTER This is going to take a few days to get over. But it shows our formula works, that we can compete wi... DIRK KOETTER When the machine guns opened up, literally like shooting fish in a barrel, the results were particul... DIRK RYNEVELD I looked at the clock, I tried to hoist them up there as quick as I can. I don't know if it should h... DIRK NOWITZKI I'm very happy that Holger has been released — that's very important to me, especially in regard t... DIRK NOWITZKI We weren't good enough in the fourth quarter. You have to play for 48 minutes against a team like Ph... DIRK NOWITZKI We never make excuses with injures. We would love to have Josh out there. Same with Devin. (But) we ... DIRK NOWITZKI We really made it hard on ourselves in the first half; always trailing, always trailing, and that ta... DIRK NOWITZKI We wanted to come out with that sense of urgency, be in attack mode and aggressive. It was good on b... DIRK NOWITZKI I took a glance at the clock, and I only saw a couple of seconds and I still had three balls there. ... DIRK NOWITZKI I have penciled in a bit of pickup in private consumption because of wage increases. DIRK SCHUMACHER The biggest part of the profit cycle now lies behind us. The sort of profit growth we have seen over... DIRK THIELS We're actually a wolf in sheep's clothing, DIRK JOHNSON There was a lot of hacking going on. DIRK NOWITZKI I didn't think 18 was going to stand up. Ray has been doing it, and he won the contest before, so I ... DIRK NOWITZKI It was nice to get the win and get the series over with. They are a young, athletic team and it is a... DIRK NOWITZKI Sam Keller's status is unknown. DIRK KOETTER I lost another good friend and teammate, ... Last year, Steve left and this year it was Mike's turn. DIRK NOWITZKI Maybe it's possible in Africa to hold back election results for a couple of weeks, but you cannot do... DIRK NIEBEL He looks like he has two capes instead of one. He looks fantastic. Reggie Bush is phenomenal. That g... DIRK KOETTER We'll know we've caught USC when we beat them on the field. But it's still gratifying when a kid kee... DIRK KOETTER We achieved a small sensation no one believed we could do, DIRK NOWITZKI We continue to hear there's this pent-up demand for tickets and have never been able to test it. DIRK KATSTRA We achieved a small sensation no one believed we could do. DIRK BAUERMANN Unions are asking for more, but we are still a long way from excessive demands. The wage restraint c... DIRK SCHUMACHER He has long-standing ties in the community, and will have an excellent temperament for the bench, ..... DIRK KEMPTHORNE For some players, that works great. For some, it's getting our butts kicked (45-7 at USC last year).... DIRK KOETTER Our defense is much improved and our pitching is much improved. I can't say enough about them. We ar... DIRK WILLIAMS We felt that he got of jams the other night and he's our ace, so we were trying to let him get out o... DIRK WILLIAMS Put this one on me. Jo-Jo pitched his heart out, but I made two mistakes. I will take the blame for ... DIRK WILLIAMS Jo-Jo did a great job of working out of some jams. And I thought Jesse Jordan came in and gave us so... DIRK WILLIAMS We never laid down; we never quit. This is the best game we've played in a long time. DIRK WILLIAMS We will be able to reduce time to market for new products and services and help customers take up ne... DIRK WIERZBITZKI Standardization of handset software platforms across mobile phone manufacturers offers significant o... DIRK WIERZBITZKI As an operator, we like openness but we want a certain degree of, I wouldn't like to say control, bu... DIRK WIERZBITZKI For this year, the majority of China output will go into traditional [information technology] produc... DIRK THOMAS Three years ago, we made a strategic decision to put manufacturing capacity in China and develop the... DIRK THOMAS Growth seems to be picking up. We are somewhat more optimistic on European shares. DIRK THIELS The fundamentals for European shares are good. A strong economy, good earnings and positive outlooks... DIRK THIELS You don't need a strong home base for sales anymore. You just need Germany to be a good base for man... DIRK SCHUMACHER It's just a statistical correction after the very strong months before. The long-term upward trend i... DIRK SCHUMACHER This is disappointing, as the industrial production figures yesterday were. Still, the business surv... DIRK SCHUMACHER It is an unusual situation. Normally, you would expect the government to err on the optimistic side. DIRK SCHUMACHER The witnesses will tell you that the vast majority of refugees fled their homes because of the attac... DIRK RYNEVELD They feared that the same fate awaited them. DIRK RYNEVELD The charges we have brought in this case are so extensive, and the magnitude is so great, that it's ... DIRK RYNEVELD He's one of the best shooters in the league and we found him in transition. He ran right to the line... DIRK NOWITZKI Two disappointing losses. We can't really hang our heads. We're right there. We had our chances to b... DIRK NOWITZKI It's two disappointing loses but we can't really hang our heads down because we were right there. We... DIRK NOWITZKI We will miss Adi a lot with rebounds, DIRK NOWITZKI I'm very happy that Holger has been released that's very important to me, especially in regard to... DIRK NOWITZKI With five million unemployed in January, you have to ask whether any far-reaching reforms happened a... DIRK NIEBEL Since September 11, 2001, we know we are facing terrorists who are trying to have their way with our... DIRK NIEBEL I feel vindicated in my criticism of the reforms. DIRK NIEBEL We decided to take an offensive stance relative to our pricing...in order to increase the size of ou... DIRK MEYER Our manufacturing strategy execution continues to be flawless. The increased capacity provided by Fa... DIRK MEYER I'm honored and excited to assume this new leadership role at AMD. During my time at AMD, we've over... DIRK MEYER Phil comes to AMD with a proven track record of success. His numerous patents in system and processo... DIRK MEYER Phil has the rare ability to rapidly integrate new technologies into high-value products. We're thri... DIRK MEYER Over the last year and a half, we've not only been selling products to Sun, but also working on futu... DIRK MEYER Just for one of our kids to get a job and raise a family well ... those are kids we're proudest of. DIRK MATSON Success isn't always an immediate change. DIRK MATSON Once they get started, they get into it. DIRK MATSON If they (staff) don't get good preparation, the kids and the teachers suffer. No one puts as much ti... DIRK MATSON Unfortunately, there does seem to be a need for younger kids' treatment. Nobody does anything until ... DIRK MATSON Swimming worldwide has changed dramatically and reached new professional levels. My strategy is to b... DIRK LANGE We want nothing less than to be the best in the Commonwealth and I believe that can happen. DIRK LANGE He's put together a heck of a staff. ... (Petersen) has probably got one of the youngest coaching st... DIRK KOETTER This kid is the real deal. He never fumbles, he's got a great attitude and he's fast. DIRK KOETTER It's the culmination of many months of chasing these guys around, meeting with families, and selling... DIRK KOETTER It's clear to me that he would like to return to wide receiver, and the fact we're losing three seni... DIRK KOETTER Andrew's had a tendency in the past to get frustrated with certain players if they don't make plays.... DIRK KOETTER Through 14 practices, he's probably the MVP of the offense right now. He's a guy we've been waiting ... DIRK KOETTER We've reviewed that film. We stunk it up last year. DIRK KOETTER They really don't have a weakness. DIRK KOETTER Did they come by this way? DIRK KEMPTHORNE It is my honor to serve with you, the people of Idaho. This great state, this forty-third star in th... DIRK KEMPTHORNE You have it within your grasp to be regarded as one of the greatest legislative sessions in the hist... DIRK KEMPTHORNE While the Government has a responsibility to its citizens to be prepared, to take steps to protect t... DIRK KEMPTHORNE We're trying to really get this thing to a point where it's about basketball, but it's more than abo... DIRK KATSTRA Our challenge, after we raise the money to pay for the arena, is to then fill it up. DIRK KATSTRA People that didn't go the first year, all they heard was how much fun our fans had. DIRK KATSTRA You always worry about (the future) because there is no security in this business. I'm not saying it... DIRK JOHNSON You always worry about something like that. You have to feel fortunate everyday that you can walk in... DIRK JOHNSON The kids are getting the message, ... Lewis & Clark Fire Expedition. DIRK JOHNSON I felt like I'd lost control of my leg; I didn't have normal function in it. DIRK JOHNSON My timing and strength is just going to keep getting better. It's early, ... You lose that timing wi... DIRK JOHNSON Mentally, I told myself all along I'd be back for the first game, but you never know how it's going ... DIRK JOHNSON In light of what we've seen from others, this is a good thing. DIRK HOOZEMANS It was a solid quarter. Operationally, Canadian Natural was very steady and is still going strong. DIRK HOOZEMANS It's messy. BP missed in refining and marketing, and that has caused investors to worry about its op... DIRK HOOZEMANS The goal is to help customers and partners plan, accelerate and optimize their Linux deployments. DIRK HOHNDEL Solidarity will refer the case for review because the arbitration court's decision benefits black pe... DIRK HERMANN I hope they don't withdraw the revised offer. If they do, that would mean that they were not sincere... DIRK HERMANN We've got good leadership from our seniors this year. I feel bad that we couldn't have got them to t... DIRK HANSON This team exceeded my expectations of what I thought we'd be able to do this year. Tonight we didn't... DIRK HANSON We knew their post players could hurt us because they're very athletic. I told my girls to get out a... DIRK HANSON Newport is an outstanding team. We will probably see them down the road. DIRK HANSEN It was a good night, the ball kind of rolled our way tonight. We feel really fortunate to play as we... DIRK HANSEN We got in some foul trouble that last game, and when our point guard's not on the floor we struggle.... DIRK HANSEN They knew there would be pressure. The pressure was building up before the season, and they have wea... DIRK HANSEN You can never practice those types of situations like tonight. You can never say we're within three,... DIRK GOSDA It's a great rivalry. I can't take anything away from them because we both played tough. We were col... DIRK GOSDA If Jacksonville would have won, we would have had to play at West Brunswick (today) to determine who... DIRK CLINE It was a classic battle out there today. There were a lot of close battles on every court; lots of l... DIRK CLINE I think the greater significance of this is that human travel ... obeys some quite simple, independe... DIRK BROCKMANN
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... 
If you wish to be a writer, write. 
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... 
To be, or not to be, that is the question. 
I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct m... 
A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about s... 
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. 
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write! 
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. 
No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you... 
No black woman writer in this culture can write ‘too much’. Indeed, no woman writer can write �... 
Men like women who write, even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country. 
If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can... 
If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... 
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... 
In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... 
There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... 
The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its... 
The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending... 
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... 
The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it. 
Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer... 
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be... 
You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover ... 
You cannot teach creativity -- how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover... 
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live an... 
You can point out to people how to make what they do better, but you can't teach somebody how to be ... 
I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write. 
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer,write 
If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing 
How to be a Poet (to remind myself)
I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a wo... 
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's... 
I just wanted to write books I wanted to write, ... There's no writer who has not had enough ego to ... 
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. 
I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how t... 
With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them. 
Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. 
I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. 
As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... 
You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... 
You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. 
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. 
Meant to be" allows for lazy. The idea of destiny alleviates anxiety; it comforts us. We stop believ... 
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. 
Not everyone has the time to be normal. 
Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating t... 
Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating t... 
I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no ... 
But how?" my students ask. "How do you actually do it?" 
This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we liv... 
George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don&#... 
What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of acciden... 
The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic. 
The camera can photograph thought 