Verbond Van Quotes & Sayings

The fact that this was a fairly accurate portrait of my own mother is a quick indicator of how difficult it once was for me to tell the difference between myself and the powerful woman who had raised me. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Thank God I ain't never had one of them graveyard loves. — Toni Morrison

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do
then go ahead and do it with ease. Don't maul, don't suffer, don't groan till the first draft is finished. A play is a pheonix and it dies a thousand deaths. Usually at night. In the morning it springs up again from its ashes and crows like a happy rooster. It is never as bad as you think, it is never as good. It is somewhere in between, and success or failure depends on which end of your emotional gamut concerning its value it approaches more closely. But it is much more likely to be good if you think it is wonderful while you are writing the first draft. An artist must believe in himself. Your belief is contagious. Others may say he is vain, but they are affected. — Tennessee Williams

I would have gone right ahead but the only thing, the only phenomenon that's going on now of course, which is different in my experiences, is that you are getting things planted in the Net by people about the Woman in White on the Net. That's not a nice change. — Andrew Lloyd Webber

Where does any novelist pick up any character? For the most part, in town, to be sure. — Herman Melville

I quickly realized that friendships without tomorrows, and the little anguishes of parting, were part of the pleasures of traveling. I resolutely avoided bores, saw only those who amused me. We spent afternoons taking long walks, nights drinking and talking, and then we would leave each other, never to meet again, and there were no regrets. How simple life was. No regrets, no obligations, my acts and gestures counted for nothing, no one asked my advice, and I knew no other rule but my whims. — Simone De Beauvoir

Carrying a shotgun makes you less amusing. — Barry Graham

Even if you have to die tomorrow; die as a literate. — M.F. Moonzajer

I deeply regret those situations that have blemished the image of the University of Oklahoma, and I hope that I can rectify the embarrassment I have brought the university. — Brian Bosworth

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day. — Edward Carpenter

This little boy is five years old, and big trees he loved to climb! His special name is Terry — Tali Carmi

Anyone can live in a house, but homes are created with patience, time and love. — Jane Green