Dreamsville Lyrics Quotes & Sayings

No writing is effortless. I'm not saying you can't have a good day where the words just kind of flow, but even those words have to be edited. Probably more than once. And I'm not saying a character hasn't somehow gone in a different direction that I wanted her to go, but that was me, not her. I let her get away from me. I let her roam free and nine times out of ten, the result is not good. I have to go back and start over because she veered off the path of my book. She changed the vision. And I did that. Not her. — Darynda Jones

Even so, I was proud of myself for taking action at all. I didn't hide or run away or pretend the ugliness didn't happen. I stood up and said something that was true. I said it out loud, and by doing so, I was standing up for lots of people, not just me. — Lauren Myracle

I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.' — Harlan Coben

The more deference there is, the narrower the band of judgements on which organisations rely. Deference acts like the fatty deposits that build up in arteries, restricting the flow of fresh, oxygen-enriched blood across the system. — Robin Ryde

I haven't even seen you successfully talk to a woman since I've known you, unless of course, you count Alex Riley. — Edge

The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is and never compares the lies with reality. — Hannah Arendt

I don't think that writers have any responsibility to be good neighbors to the audience. — Jez Butterworth

Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it. — Lord Kelvin

At any rate it seems unlikely that there is any truth in the rumour as I have just this moment invented it. — Auberon Waugh

A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world. — Russell Simmons

I've got the camera. You got the film?"

Benny shook the baggie until the canisters fell out. "I got the film."

I tossed my head over at Jamie. "What've you got?"

"Passion. Charm. Talent. And an irrepressible desire to charge around a battlefield while I'm being pursued by the dead."

"Okay," I agreed. "If that's all you've got, it'll have to do. — Cherie Priest

If C++ has taught me one thing, it's this: Just because the system is consistent doesn't mean it's not the work of Satan. — Andrew Plotkin

Life is the flight of the alone to the alone. — Plotinus

First off, don't swear to God around me. He's not listening when I'm in the room. — Krista Ritchie

Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence. — Wes Craven