Croatoan Mystery Quotes & Sayings

Actually, who hasn't been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let's see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant. — Amos Oz

I know he would die if you died, Luce — Lauren Kate

All influence is immoral — Oscar Wilde

He couldn't work, as such, but needed to flex himself somehow in ways that felt like work, he thought. Lacking credentials and sight he could not teach, for example. Even reading a cold-call script would be out, although he'd heard of a resourceful blind man who went to the social security office and suggested, "Give me either a job or just my damned check," and received the former, skillfully handling mediation assignments. — Edward Hoagland

I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite. — Jeff Daniels

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player. — Marat Safin

Twice a year, I take myself off to a self-imposed 'writer's retreat', staying at a small inn or on a friend's farm, where I am all alone and do nothing other than write. — Jane Green

newsprint to her mother. "This fire," she said. "The — Nicholas Sparks

All hope and future lost in a day. — Barbara Kingsolver

The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again. — Suzanne Collins

The only reason anything's wrong is because someone says it is. — Rose Foster