Persassy Jackson Quotes & Sayings

More of me comes out when I improvise. — Edward Hopper

When you're researching something for a movie, you get a very different kind of reaction than when you're researching something for an article for 'The New York Times.' — Peter Landesman

Each spine was an encapsulated memory, each book represented hours, days of pleasure, of immersion into words. — Audrey Niffenegger

Writers begin changing the instant they append 'The End' to a novel. Readers begin changing the moment they encounter that same phrase. And even the novels themselves, through the strange transmutations of time and shifting tastes and mores, exhibit changes as we look backward upon them, acquiring retroactive meanings and tonalities. — Paul Di Filippo

Productivity comes from engagement, not tight control; when we are motivated, we don't need to tightly control ourselves (or others). — Matt Perman

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other. — Nora Roberts

On the 25th anniversary of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, let us remember that we have a chance to save lives! If we don't take it, we may regret it! — Widad Akreyi

Drive them out utterly, so they may never return and prey upon our people. — Katherine Paterson

Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it. — Bret Easton Ellis

Sometimes, a person who likes your work and a person who don't will show up within milliseconds of each other to let you know how they feel. One does not need to cancel out the other, positively or negatively; if you're proud of the work, and you enjoyed the work, that is what's important. — Wil Wheaton

If you want to be lucky, do your homework. — Jim Rogers

While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for. — Dalia Mogahed

Djinn were cursed with a terminal curiosity. It was often their worst weakness, and sometimes it was their downfall.
Khalil was no exception. If a door was open, he peeked through it. If it was closed, it made the peeking so much better. If the door was locked, well. There was a natural progression to this sort of thing. — Thea Harrison

Taking a moment and a deep breath. Im truly thankful for everything life has shown me so far in my 20 years. I am so blessed. Just wow. — Nina Agdal

There are three absolute freedoms that we have that no one can take away; freedom to think, freedom to love and freedom to feel the joys of life. — Debasish Mridha