Lampy Stojace Quotes & Sayings

I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish. — Bernard Malamud

I have not stepped into another jail, not yet, but I can feel the key in the lock, threatening to turn. — Victoria Aveyard

Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a man. Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn't done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity. There is no standard of personal dignity except independence. — Ayn Rand

The strong don't necessarily survive, but the mean invariably do. — Helen Humphreys

Just because you don't understand or agree with something doesn't mean that it lacks merit. — Lisa Kleypas

Genius has no sex — Germaine De Stael

A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him. — Mo Yan

Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots. — Eleanor Farjeon

When you think of famous New Zealanders, there aren't many. — Bret McKenzie

How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow. — Christopher Golden

The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do it this way.' They describe what they want, then letting the writer figure out a way to do it. — Steven Zaillian

programming is rather thankless. u see your works become replaced by superior ones in a year. unable to run at all in a few more. — Why The Lucky Stiff