10541 Quotes & Sayings

The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out. — Walter Scott

Cut your manuscript ruthlessly but never throw anything away: it's amazing how often a discarded scene or description, which wouldn't fit in one place, will work perfectly later. — Robert Harris

(Democracy: a brilliant invention, that Penbury wished he had thought of, whereby citizens could voice their political will on pieces of paper, which actually gave them little or no choice, that were then deposited in a sealed box which, when opened elsewhere, were emptied onto the nearest fire and ignored while the politicians brokered real power between themselves. Genius.) — Paul Dale

A typical twenty-page short story would work quite well as a graphic novel. A single graphic novel of maybe 120 pages would condense down into a short story quite nicely. — Richard K. Morgan

When Jesus was moved by compassion, it was not just a feeling he had, but an understanding and conviction of what those people meant to the Father. — Shawn Bolz

I'm always trolling for trivia. — Lynn Abbey

Everything can be made fun of. The most serious things are ripe for making fun of them. — Jim Carrey

Dreams may have been the paintings on my walls, but doubts and fears were the bars on my windows. — Melanie Benjamin

How pointless, harboring romantic fantasies about a man who'd made it abundantly clear that he wasn't interested. — Diana Dempsey