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Harold Holzer

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KELLY JONES If words come alive on the page, the writer succeeds in connecting to the reader.
AMAN JASSAL Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass.
BERNARD CORNWELL The kids are at the age we can manage it. They go to the same school and we live on the same street,...
LESLEIGH DRYE It's a situation where [his emotions] are his best friend and also could be his nemesis at the same ...
DUSTY BAKER ...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged...
PEGGY KOPMAN-OWENS A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten yea...
ARTHUR KOESTLER I am so happy that I made someone cry today - don't worry I'm a writer. It's when they make me cry t...
TINA SMITH The struggle to write with profundity of emotion and at the same time to live like a millionaire so ...
NELSON ALGREN As a writer, Harold has been unswerving for 50 years,
TOM STOPPARD Whenever anyone reads his words the writer is there. He lives in his readers.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart....
P.C. CAST She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
GAIL CARRIGER Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968 The great thing, and the only thing,...
THOMAS MERTON I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers.
FRANK HARRIS Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of pl...
KERRY GREENWOOD The world should be full of Josh Bennetts. But it’s not. I had the only one. And I threw him away.
KATJA MILLAY A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer m...
CYRIL CONNOLLY Certainly the highest posthumous praise that can be conferred upon any writer is the assertion that ...
PAUL DI FILIPPO If you could only tell them that living and spending isn't the same thing! But it's no good. If only...
D.H. LAWRENCE Everything has it's own time and place, Transformation becomes effortless when we go with the flow.
SHELLI THOMPSON A daddy was listening to his child say his prayer "Dear Harold," ........ At this, dad interrupted a...
UNKNOWN I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.
JOHN CHEEVER Readers have to be sought out and won to the light of the page, poem by poem, one by one by one.
C.D. WRIGHT I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that s...
LAURA ANNE GILMAN Secret Notes:
He wrote secret notes to people he hadn't met yet. Some of them aren't even born,...
BRIAN ANDREAS Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need ...
RAYMOND CHANDLER It's not ethical for the president to manage the state's resources at the same time he is a candidat...
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points,...
ANNIE DILLARD Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard...
NANETTE L. AVERY Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer w...
MICHEL FABER It's not an insult. Because any NFL quarterback has to go out and manage the game and not lose it.
ASHLEY LELIE It's an opportunity for two aggressive news operations to bring their brands together and at the sam...
BILL CHURCH The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His pro...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR One sometime feels that it is only with a front of brass and a lip of scorn that one can get through...
OSCAR WILDE A true writer does not seek wealth or fame does seek to find himself in each of his readers souls.
JULIA JOANNE BLACK I hope to be with you as a writer for a very long time, and I hope that you will enjoy reading my wo...
GUY JOHNSON I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief...
KENNETH OPPEL Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.
PHINEAS FLETCHER Achieving a healthy lifestyle comes from adopting behaviors over time that help to manage stress in ...
RUSS NEWMAN I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to...
KAGE BAKER He was as famous as Canadian writer could get at the time.
BRIAN TREHEARNE This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce...
ANEURIN BEVAN This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a...
ANEURIN BEVAN To be sat with greats like Billy Boston and Eric Ashton and to be mentioned in the same breath as Ha...
ELLERY HANLEY Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a ...
ASHWIN SANGHI He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize ...
JERZY KOSINKSI Do not say, 'But it is hypocritical to thank God with my tongue when I don't feel thankful in my hea...
JOHN PIPER I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.
ROBERT PLANT A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of th...
JAMES THURBER No man in the past, present or future can manage time!! Every man in the past, present and future co...
ANUROOP TYAGI Statistically, if you're reading this sentence, you're an oddball. The average American spends three...
DICK MEYER I encourage hunters to acquire and fill their antlerless deer tags and donate the game to this progr...
JEFF OLSON A writer creates wings of words and lets them fly in the sky of readers' minds.
DEBASISH MRIDHA I studied my craft at the same place as Nicki Minaj.
AWKWAFINA By the time I was twenty-three, I'd given up any thought of becoming a fiction writer, and I did...
ERIC FLINT A pandemic is unique among disasters. It could happen in 5,000 different communities around the worl...
MIKE LEAVITT And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him...
BIBLE Work permits are often hard to come by. Plus, it is difficult to manage studying and working abroad ...
CHERYL RYAN The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybod...
JAMES A. BALDWIN Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most ...
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work...
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy c...
TRACY MORGAN He loved his country and had a buddy that joined at the same time.
KATHRYN JENSEN This agreement recognizes the contributions our employees make and at the same time allows GM of Can...
AL GREEN If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writ...
THEODORA GOSS I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, storie...
WILLIAM LASHNER If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at ...
LINDA SUNSHINE A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the wri...
P. L. TRAVERS Only on the Internet can a person be lonely and popular at the same time.
ALLISON BURNETT This island is almost made of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a...
ANEURIN BEVAN The cats are asleep at the end of my bed and all around me, the thundery silence of L'Escarènere, c...
PATRICIA DUNCKER Do things on time, do not let others waste your time and use your time valuably.
SEGUN OLOGE The site now has what we believe is the state-of-the-art online-user experience, with new navigation...
BILL GRUESKIN A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls ...
CHARLES PEGUY A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a ...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN These figures come at a difficult time, with regional and local newspapers subject to the same marke...
LYNNE ANDERSON Not only has Harold Pinter written some of the outstanding plays of his time, he has also blown fres...
DAVID HARE A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.
GERTRUDE STEIN When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way afte...
JOHN ANDREW The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In t...
K'NAAN There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, a...
JASPER FFORDE At times I am Harold, and at other times Maude. I fear I may become romantically involved with mysel...
CHRISTOPHER MOLINEUX My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and t...
RANDY ALCORN Be careful, Hally."

"Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is pre...
ATHOL FUGARD dedication to his craft and his remarkable skills as a reporter are legendary.
ANDREW HEYWARD I was fortunate to be able to do two movies with Harold Ramis. He was the kindest of any director wi...
ANDIE MACDOWELL My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that t...
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
SALLUST The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story.
SYLVIA DAY The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and...
KATHERINE PATERSON On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to c...
SHELBY FOOTE He didn't quite manage to get his leg over.' - about Ian Botham, though admittedly on the cricket pi...
JONATHAN AGNEW I don't know if it is possible or appropriate to move all employees of the Department of Defense ont...
ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI We could have a governor who is empowered and chastened at the same time. He'll be empowered if some...
BILL WHALEN What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?
JANE AUSTEN She was a very funny writer but also a very thoughtful one. She made writers think and she made read...
DAVID LODGE He injured his knee and ankle at the same time. When he was scrambling, [he] came up into the line, ...
STEVE ANTONOPULOS History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are ...
TANSY RAYNER ROBERTS The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Te...
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HAROLD HOLZER I have not done enough for effect." Horace Greeley
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HAROLD HOLZER Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters.
HAROLD HOLZER Fighting newspaper editors for the last word was a losing proposition.
HAROLD HOLZER We have every confidence that the negotiations are very much on track and that there will be a respo...
HAROLD HOLZER We will not be commenting until it has been received and reviewed.
HAROLD HOLZER There is no precedent for this.
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HAROLD HOLZER The letter is too belligerent. If I were you, I would state the facts as they were, without the pepp...
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JENNY HOLZER I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started fing...
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JENNY HOLZER The most profound things are inexpressible.
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HAROLD PINTER I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.
HAROLD RAMIS The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
HAROLD TAYLOR If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
HAROLD WILSON Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
HAROLD WILSON I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep...
HAROLD WILSON The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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HAROLD WILSON This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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HAROLD WILSON A week is a long time in politics.
HAROLD WILSON Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
HAROLD WILSON I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
HAROLD WILSON We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.
HAROLD WILSON I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
HAROLD WILSON One of the hardest jobs in ministry is keeping your own relationship with God where it needs to be.
HAROLD WARNER Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
HAROLD WARNER The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
HAROLD WARNER We want to take care of our employees, because they take care of our family.
HAROLD TAYLOR I don't think I have a black-hat image.
HAROLD SIMMONS I'm not trying to change an image, I'm just trying to make sure that the facts match the ima...
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HAROLD ROSENBERG I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
HAROLD ROBBINS Hemingway was a jerk.
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HAROLD RAMIS I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.
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HAROLD RAMIS I was raised Jewish and fully embrace the core beliefs of Judaism - the ones that I identify as core...
HAROLD RAMIS I always point out to my Passover guests that the Hebrews were not living in isolation. They were at...
HAROLD RAMIS Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
HAROLD RAMIS I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit.
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HAROLD PRINCE I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.
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HAROLD PERRINEAU The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
HAROLD NICOLSON We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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HAROLD NICHOLAS If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went th...
HAROLD NICHOLAS In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
HAROLD MACMILLAN At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a stat...
HAROLD MACMILLAN Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
HAROLD MACMILLAN No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
HAROLD MACMILLAN It's no use crying over spilt summits.
HAROLD MACMILLAN (A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
HAROLD MACMILLAN When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
HAROLD MACMILLAN There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
HAROLD MACMILLAN To be alive at all involves some risk.
HAROLD MACMILLAN Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.
HAROLD MACMILLAN If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better...
HAROLD MACMILLAN I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
HAROLD MACMILLAN Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
HAROLD MACMILLAN As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound i...
HAROLD MACMILLAN I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I w...
HAROLD LARWOOD In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs.
HAROLD LARWOOD Cricket was my reason for living.
HAROLD LARWOOD I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much a...
HAROLD KUSHNER Exporting oil would not drive up prices at the pump. American drivers buy refined products, which th...
HAROLD HAMM Certainly, Continental has taken advantage of pipe and sponsored pipeline projects where we could. A...
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HAROLD HAMM Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
HAROLD HAMM A commodity producer should be comfortable being exposed to prices.
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HAROLD HAMM I'm a professional geologist, an explorationist for oil. That's what I've done in my car...
HAROLD HAMM Anti-frackers are disingenuous. They bow to the religion of environmentalism.
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HAROLD HAMM I always wanted to find oil. It was always an irresistible calling.
HAROLD HAMM President Obama is riding the wrong horse on energy.
HAROLD HAMM President Trump will release America's pent-up energy potential, get rid of foreign oil, trash p...
HAROLD HAMM I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.
HAROLD HAMM I grew up on a farm in Lexington, Oklahoma, a rural community south of Norman. My family moved to En...
HAROLD HAMM No matter what, you've got to always follow your passion in life and always keep learning.
HAROLD HAMM It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on start...
HAROLD HAMM I began photographing in 1946. Before that, I was a painter and drawer, with my mother and father...
HAROLD FEINSTEIN Mostly, I worked so quickly, I didn't see the details of a photograph until it was printed.
HAROLD FEINSTEIN I was born in Coney Island. I like to think I fell out of the womb onto the fun park's giant Par...
HAROLD FEINSTEIN You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you; wh...
HAROLD FEINSTEIN The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't ...
HAROLD FEINSTEIN Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where peo...
HAROLD FEINSTEIN When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and ...
HAROLD EVANS Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and...
HAROLD EVANS For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.
HAROLD EVANS I think America has a brilliant future.
HAROLD EVANS Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with pa...
HAROLD EVANS The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
HAROLD COFFIN The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.
HAROLD COFFIN When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
HAROLD COFFIN