Whit Stillman
Related The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page. OCTAVIA SPENCER On the blank page all things are possible. MARTY RUBIN When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is ... GUILLERMO CABRERA INFANTE I have a horrible, chronic, and somewhat psychosomatic disease; every blank page harasses me, taunts... CARLEY MARIE DONAHUE NORA ROBERTS I live for the blank page. LISA UNGER JODI PICOULT STEPHEN KING JALAL AD-DIN RUMI MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA IRVINE WELSH BRAD PAISLEY REGINA BRETT JODI PICOULT I think the secret is, no matter how good you are Saturday night, on Monday morning you start with a... ANDREW MILLER AHMED MOSTAFA JULIA CAMERON The Worst thing
you can do to someone
is it to pity on them... KEERTHI RADHAKRISHNA JALIGAM I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The key thing is that you start every film from sort of a blank page, almost like you discover it li... MARC FORSTER The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart. TAIYE SELASI give an academic a blank page and they will ask you of curriculum, give a creative a blank page and ... DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL NORA ROBERTS SHAUN HICK The answer scrawled on a blank page in a daily newspaper, was conceived whilst aboard a ferry. HAROLD STEPHEN BLACK This is how space begins, with words only, signs traced on the blank page. To describe space: to nam... GEORGES PEREC JODI PICOULT Who was this girl who thumbed her nose at two kingdoms and did as she pleased? MARY E. PEARSON As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will. BARRY JENKINS MICHAEL MORPURGO The question is whether or not you're going to put it into things to improve quality of care, or whe... JENNIFER CUNNINGHAM The greatest work of art is a blank page and a pencil as there are infinite possibilities ADAM MCCALLION I'm the rose within the concrete that simulates the struggle, yet the blossom reveals defeat. THE WRITTEN FACE I wouldn't say I see things visually first, but what I do think is important, for a lot of scree... EVAN DAUGHERTY JOSE SARAMAGO MARGARET ATWOOD GEORGE SAUNDERS A blank page and time ignite infinite possibilities in a mind unyielding to boundaries. ADRIENNE DIONNE The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo... KATHERINE VUCICEVIC You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a bl... GUILLERMO CABRERA INFANTE For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words y... LINCOLN CHILD Tomorrow is the blank page. Every morning is the new day to pick up & start a fresh.The greatest pow... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA There's a monster at the end of this book. It's the blank page where the story ends and you're left ... CECIL BALDWIN TOM HIDDLESTON JIM LEE STEVEN PINKER He could be so cynical. So dry and acidic. As blank as a page. Could he be tender, too? KELLY CREAGH I did a 10-page treatment, then started working on biographies for each of the characters. By the ti... FERNANDO EIMBCKE GASTON BACHELARD GASTON BACHELARD KIERA CASS I just love making pictures, ... It's really kind of magical to have a blank page and have something... AMY FISHER The mystery of the written word;It bequeaths a different meaning every blessed day. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... It was so dark it was like noting was there in the room but us. Only the nothing was actually someth... PAUL TREMBLAY War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the w... RICHARD ENGEL rules ," he said, his voice dripping with veno... ALEXANDRA BRACKEN MARIE LU ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Inside this great Universe,you will find many pulsating characters;The rich & the poor,the positive ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A blank page is no empty space. It is brimming with potential... It is a masterpiece in waiting -- y... A.A. PATAWARAN A.D. POSEY I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ... HLONIM JACK KEROUAC JACK KEROUAC CORY DOCTOROW NEIL GAIMAN One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES EDWARD STEICHEN EDWARD STEICHEN ANURAG KASHYAP ASSEGID HABTEWOLD ALBERT CAMUS There are comics in L.A. doing impressions, and the first thing they do is hunch over and then start... AL MADRIGAL ATHOL FUGARD LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD RICHARD BACH JEAN-LUC GODARD CHRIS FUSSELL Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... ERNEST HEMINGWAY DOUGLAS PAGELS TAMORA PIERCE RENEE AHDIEH I like writing a lot more than I used to. I used to find it scary but now I've got used to it on... VICTORIA WOOD If your life is a blank page, that only means you have room to write your story. You have the power ... THEA HARRISON DONALD RUMSFELD Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA PABLO SANDOVAL There are no ugly things, only ugly thoughts. MARTY RUBIN WARREN BENNIS What is it about the blank page that makes me want to hurl myself into a game of solitaire? I ask my... JENNIFER GILMORE If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN JONATHAN HAIDT Turn the page. There are many more important things to look at. RUBEN AGUILAR LAINI TAYLOR to-do ' list b... JOHN C. PARKIN Often a blank slate gets to the court and then leans to the left, PATRICK MCHENRY DANNY KAYE Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world. BRENDAN FRASER
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I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page. 
You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page. 
You must not come lightly to the blank page. 
Silence within silence, no words within blank space, nothing on blank page, less within the void. 
Plagiarism is the fear of a blank page. 
I enjoy the freedom of the blank page. 
Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one. 
Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor
on the blank page
(Regina Brett has written reg... 
You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank p... 
I tried to help you turn the page by burning it, but you fucking kept sniffing the ashes! 
Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty s... 
You can fix anything but a blank page. 
Nothing listens as well as a blank page. 
By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to... 
In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do n... 
What is it the I'll want from you? Not love: that would be too much to ask. Not forgiveness, which i... 
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Hey I'm sorry about the other day. Didn't mean to give you a hard time, I ---" 
Let me tell you what I think about your fucking rules," he said, his voice dripping with veno... 
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until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone 
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There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing. 
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You are a bloody-minded savage. I hope you are kidnapped by centaurs. 
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