Famous Quotes & Sayings

Beck

You can't write if you can't relate.

Beck

Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way.

Beck

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.

Becca Fitzpatrick

The subject’s pulse increased on contact,” he said. “Don’t write that.

Becca Fitzpatrick

If we hooked up, he could write me ballads and stuff. You gotta admit, nothing's sexier than a guy who writes music.

Barry Mann

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

Barry Mann

I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.

Barry Mann

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.

Barry Mann

You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.

Isabel Allende

Life is very mysterious and there are many things we don't know. And there are elements of magic realism in every culture, everywhere. It's just accepting that we don't know everything and everything is possible.

Vikas Swarup

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

Sam Neill

Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It resonates with me.

Phil Zepeda

Our relief is not going to be a matter of weeks and months, but probably much longer than that.

John Phelan

Our message is that suffering years of misery to remain super-skinny is not going to have a big payoff in terms of a longer life.

David Friedman

People no longer seem shocked by expressions of overt bigotry,

Erick Young

Stars we're looking at here are prior to the formation of planets, we think, but it's not going to be very much longer in astronomical terms before planets start forming.

Eric Kuzmack

Some of the things you monitor no longer mean the same thing.

Beck

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I loved you long before you loved me. It's the only thing I have you beat at, and I'll bring it up every chance I get.

Barry Ritholtz

'Excessive regulation in the banking reform bill will destroy a substantial part of our bond-distributing machinery. Can anyone expect that a step of this kind will improve the quality of our long-term investments?'

Barry Lopez

My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we're living in, I put my faith in those people.