Washeez Quotes & Sayings

In a world that has gone global, we no longer have a choice. If we don't export freedom, we risk importing the viruses which have corrupted other nations ... Some critics complained that President Bush was arrogant when he suggested America can and should export freedom to other countries. This implies the people of unfree countries may not wish to be free. Which is the greater arrogance? — Cal Thomas

I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories. — Daniel Woodrell

It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn't advance the story. — Frank Yerby

If you want your style to be energetic and lively, take the most direct route and use the most energetic and lively part of speech in the English language: verbs. — Stephen Wilbers

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing. — Ken Follett

All actors say they're concerned about the state of the theatre, but what they're really concerned about is that there'll be less work around. — Michael Gambon

A few months after Julian was safe and sound, Hot Ben kidnapped Tracey. Well, okay, technically he swept her away to Mexico, where they eloped. He just didn't want to wait anymore. I understood. A lot can happen while you're waiting. Being the romantic that I always knew he could be, Ben didn't tell her about it either. — S.C. Stephens

Literature, although it stands apart by reason of the great destiny and general use of its medium in the affairs of men, is yet an art like other arts. Of these we may distinguish two great classes: those arts, like sculpture, painting, acting, which are representative, or as used to be said very clumsily, imitative; and those, like architecture, music, and the dance, which are self-sufficient, and merely presentative. — Robert Louis Stevenson