Overwriter Quotes & Sayings

Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating? — Lauren Willig

Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I'm continually surprised at the resurgence of the impulse to come back and do it all over again. — Daniel Day-Lewis

In her hand she held a harp, and she sang. Sad and sweet was the sound of her voice in the cool clear air. — J.R.R. Tolkien

In the past it would take you weeks, if not months, to identify how Iranian activists connect to each other. Now you know how they connect to each other by looking at their Facebook page. KGB ... used to torture in order to get this data. — Evgeny Morozov

You can never underestimate that moment of somebody explaining your life to you, something you thought was inexplicable, through music. That was the way out of loneliness. — Carrie Brownstein

Does a flower really have beauty?
Does a fruit really have beauty?
No: they have only color and form
And existence.
Beauty is the name of something that doesn't exist
But that I give to things in exchange for the pleasure they
give me.
It means nothing.
So why do I say about things: they're beautiful? — Fernando Pessoa

We are what we believe we are! — C.S. Lewis

That's because I didn't have to work with Madea. I only had to work with Madea once, and that was at the barbecue and I didn't have to get close to her. — Shemar Moore

Well, I don't ever leave out details, in that I don't come up with information or description which I don't then use. I only ever come up with what seems to me absolutely essential to make the story work. I'm not usually an overwriter. As I revise, it's usually a matter of adding in as much vivid details as seem necessary to make the story come clear without slowing down the momentum of the story. — Kelly Link

There's some songs you can cover, and I've covered and butchered a few, but you can't do them all. — Rick Astley

Vegtables, what food eats before it becomes food. — David Weber

I ended up going to Dartmouth, and I did Marine Officer Candidate School during my junior summer. — Phil Klay

The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological diversity everywhere. — E. O. Wilson

If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops. — Hildegard Of Bingen

This wasn't really about the scale or what clothing size I was; it was about this battle that raged in my heart. — Lysa TerKeurst