Workshopping Writing Quotes & Sayings

We know more about soils of Mars than about soils of Africa — Pedro

Races and nations are thus ever ready to believe the worst of one another. — Richard Le Gallienne

Because I'm the only performer who comes out and says I've had plastic surgery, I've become the plastic surgery poster girl, which is hilarious, because everybody has done it and they all deny it. They stand there, like the Bride of Frankenstein, they've all got stitches, and they all say, 'I've done nothing.' I talk about it. — Joan Rivers

I played a game when I did the shopping. I thought about the children's games where the board is marked into little spaces and each player moves according to a throw of the dice; there were always dangers, like "lose one turn" and "go back four spaces" and "return to start," and little helps, like "advance three spaces" and "take an extra turn." The library was my start and the black rock was my goal. I had to move down one side of Main Street, cross, and then move up the other side until I reached the black rock, when I would win. — Shirley Jackson

The value is not in the art, whether there are more artists or less artists, the value depends on it. — Dada Bhagwan

When I first started out, it was very, very difficult to even get in the room with directors or casting directors because they would see that I hadn't been to drama school and wouldn't want to see me. Now, I feel like it's changing. We have this new generation of a lot of writers, directors and actors who are just breaking through, and they're doing it for the passion. — Kaya Scodelario

The sight of Theo's face, the warmth of his arms around me, make me feel as though everything should start getting better right away. — Claudia Gray

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Believing is easier than thinking; that's why there will always be more believers than thinkers. However, the results of god-belief are often far more mental trials than those of nonbelief. It is quite difficult to ascertain the wishes of an invisible being. — Mark Thomas

Studies have shown that thinking and wondering lead to thoughtful decision-making. It's an epidemic. — Tahereh Mafi

I will cut all state taxes by at least one third. — Sonny Landham

I hadn't studied theatre and I hadn't studied actor training or anything, but I did have a sense of movement and composition, and what the final product would be like, but luckily I had friends who were good actors, who would help me get them, who would get themselves to the place where a good director should get them to build characters. — Rob Urbinati