Zehava Zell Quotes & Sayings

You don't paint what you see, you paint what you feel. — Romare Bearden

I think probably I'm quite sentimental; I like big emotional stories, I like being moved by things, but I think I'm very embarrassed by sentiment. I'm very embarrassed by corniness. — David Nicholls

Drinks on the closed-in porch. The exactness of her — Maya Angelou

Her imagination was pleased with the view of ancient grandeur, and an emotion of melancholy awe awakened all its powers, as she walked through rooms, obscure and desolate, where no footsteps had passed probably for many years, and remembered the strange history of the former possessor of the edifice. This — Ann Radcliffe

Novels have much more space than short stories, which gives you more leeway with the number of characters you can include. Even 'furniture' characters can be described and given speaking parts to develop background or atmosphere. — Nancy Kress

Then again, I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good. — Kurt Vonnegut

Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself. — Rebecca Miller

For years, black political leaders in New York City aligned themselves with labor unions to block the construction of a Walmart in a low-income community with persistently high unemployment. According to a Marist poll taken in 2011, 69 percent of blacks in New York would welcome a Walmart in their neighborhood. Yet these black leaders put the interests of Big Labor, which doesn't like the retailer's stance toward unions, ahead of the interests of struggling black people who could use the jobs and low-priced goods. — Jason L. Riley

Real love is intentional, an act of the will. — Barbara Hughes

I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark. Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land. — Julie Moir Messervy

Stupid people and their stupid people ways! — Stephan Pastis

My dirty little secret is I don't drive at all, though I have my license and I renew it every five years. I'm phobic. I keep worrying if I drive, I'll end up killing someone. I hoped that by writing about a car crash, I might understand and heal this phobia, but I didn't! I'm still phobic. — Caroline Leavitt

A good library has all the good books. A great library has all the books. — Daniel C. Dennett

Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature. — John Gierach