Merveilles De La Quotes & Sayings

The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in a way that I didn't take anything else seriously. So I guess that was the start of it. — John Brandon

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old. — Danielle Steel

I am dealing with people with both sides. I see people who are liberating themselves but they want to forget the world. And I see people who want to liberate the world but they forget themselves. Neither is the way I want to go. — Tariq Ramadan

Blind to all fault, destiny can be ruthless at one's slightest distraction. — Jorge Luis Borges

I am a creature of chemicals. — Orson Scott Card

Many governments have faced the proposal of One Rank One Pension but no solution has been found yet. — Narendra Modi

If a poem is concentrated, a closed fist, then a novel is relaxed and expansive, an open hand: it has roads, detours, destinations; a heart line, a head line; morals and money come into it. Where the fist excludes and stuns, the open hand can touch and encompass a great deal in its travels. — Sylvia Plath

If she had been in charge of designing the human race she would have gone about things differently. (A golden shaft of light through the ear for conception perhaps and a well-fitting hatch somewhere modest for escape nine months later.) — Kate Atkinson

A lot of people said I could be a good player. I just wanted the opportunity to show it. I just let it happen. — Albert Pujols

When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I can't do this," I said. "I don't know what to say."
"Say anything," he said. "You can't make a mistake when you improvise."
"What if I mess it up? What if I screw up the rhythm?"
"You can't," he said. "It's like drumming. If you miss a beat, you create another."
In this simple exchange, Sam taught me the secret of improvisation, one that I have accessed my whole life. — Patti Smith

If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need to write 1,000 words today; just write one really good sentence. — Chris Bohjalian

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time, — Stella McCartney

After all this time, it still seems to me like straight and fast is the only way out - but I choose the labyrinth. The labyrinth blows, but I choose it. Chip/Colonel — John Green

All history is a lie! — Robert Walpole

Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi