Muhaisen Muhaisen Quotes & Sayings

At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers. — James Wolcott

Writing is learned by imitation. I learned to write mainly by reading writers who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and by trying to figure out how they did it. S. J. Perelman told me that when he was starting out he could have been arrested for imitating Ring Lardner. Woody Allen could have been arrested for imitating S. J. Perelman. And who hasn't tried to imitate Woody Allen? Students often feel guilty about modeling their writing on someone else's writing. They think it's unethical - which is commendable. Or they're afraid they'll lose their own identity. The point, however, is that we eventually move beyond our models; we take what we need and then we shed those skins and become who we are supposed to become. But — William Zinsser

The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost. — Carlos Ghosn

Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes — Andrew Heller

The plain old Sam Vimes had fought back. He got rid of most of the plumes and the stupid tights, and ended up with a dress uniform that at least looked as though its owner was male. But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armourers had made a new, gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt like a class traitor every time he wore it. He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armour. It was gilt by association. — Terry Pratchett

It makes me actually quite angry to think about people writing about torture with a sort of relish. Horrible. — Ruth Rendell

I can't turn off the way I think, and that's essentially who I am, who anybody is. — Marilyn Manson

We must always apologize for talking painting. — Paul Valery

Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection. — Langston Hughes