Intuate Quotes & Sayings

It was his habit, when he rewrote anything, to shed himself of all earlier versions. He kept a clean house. — Barbara Kingsolver

I think people with anxiety do different things during different years. — Jen Kirkman

One hears - one does not seek; one takes - one does not ask who gives. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Soon after you confront the matter of preserving your identity, another question will occur to you: "Who am I writing for?" It's a fundamental question, and it has a fundamental answer: You are writing for yourself. Don't try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience - every reader is a different person. Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors and readers don't know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they're always looking for something new. Don't worry about whether the reader will "get it" if you indulge a sudden impulse for humor. If it amuses you in the act of writing, put it in. (It can always be taken out, but only you can put it in.) You are writing primarily to please yourself, and if you go about it with enjoyment you will also entertain the readers who are worth writing for. If you lose the dullards back in the dust, you don't want them anyway. This — William Zinsser

The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking. — Alessandra Torre

There are so many kinds of love, and they're all very intense for me. — Ali MacGraw

I think there's something to be said for being physical in acting. — Crystal Reed

I believe in magical things happening and spiritual goings on. Sometimes the most mundane things can surprise you and be magical. — Rae Morris

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it. — Sargent Shriver

Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be. — Bertrand Russell