Bierce Library Quotes & Sayings

I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher. — John Williams

For the professional writer, stories must be presented as a series of individual scenes, each one dramatized with dialogue and telling descriptions of who is present and what they're all doing. — Nancy Kress

Hesitated. She looked at the ceiling. Took in a breath. Met his gaze again. "It's me, Kai. I'm Princess Selene. — Marissa Meyer

Weel, hallo there," he said in a thick accent ... He threw his head back and laughed - a rich, joyous sound that bounced off the water ... "Aye, that I am, indeed. Aiden MacRae of Eilean Donan. Very pleased to be meeting you. — Cyndi Tefft

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. — John Stuart Mill

And when I couldn't get high, some of the days were a hundred hours long. — Stephen King

It's really important to visit a site you are writing about. Even if you know it well, even if you have lived there, it's important to take a fresh look in terms of your characters and your story. — Marge Piercy

They no longer had any hope, but they had despair. Despair is a last weapon that sometimes brings victory; Virgil said so. — Victor Hugo

We affirm the harmony that we seek in order to provide the subconscious with a blue print of the work to be done. — Emmet Fox

Kindness is a magical magnet which can change your heart and perceptions without actually touching you. — Debasish Mridha

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there. — Venus Williams

Nowhere is America's unease with reproduction better demonstrated than on a 1952 episode of "I Love Lucy." The TV comedy made the bold move to incorporate Lucille Ball's real-life pregnancy into its storyline. The actors, however, weren't allowed to say the word "pregnant. — Anonymous