Quotes by Writing When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains. Benjamin Franklin oppositeswritingtwo Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. Benjamin Franklin dustwritinginspirational Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar. Benjamin Franklin vulgarwriting That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more durable, to record them in writing. Benjamin Franklin remembrancerecordswriting We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it' I firmly believe this; by our partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by word down to future ages. Benjamin Franklin housewritingbelieve I know as well as thee that I am no poet born Benjamin Franklin poetstarswriting You have two choices, write about something of significance or do something someone wants to write about. Benjamin Franklin choiceswritingtwo Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one. Benjamin Franklin pleaseendswriting "Who are we to say what is right and what is wrong?" is the common refrain under the doctrine of pure pluralism. Clearly, society cannot long survive if this principle is pushed to its logical conclusion and everyone is free to write his own laws. Benjamin Hart religiouschristianwriting It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: "It is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us. Benjamin Hoff writinganimaladventure Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. Benjamin Lee Whorf defininglanguagewriting Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and work is often the keyhole through which you peer. Benjamin Percy empathyviewswriting The High Divide, a novel about a family in peril, is haunting and tense but leavened by considerable warmth and humanity. Lin Enger writes with durable grace about a man’s quest for redemption and the human capacity for forgiveness. Benjamin Percy gracewritingmen I think my leap into TV and movies and comics is in a way natural because I'm a visual storyteller. If you look at any one of my short stories or novels, they sort of unscroll cinematically. Every scene is concrete in my mind. I can walk around the room and pick things up. I can describe at length every feature on the character, though I might only supply a glimpse of this on the page. So if I'm writing color into that I'm also writing texture, I'm pushing the image more than anything else. Benjamin Percy writingcharacterthinking As in the case of many of the stories that I've written I'm not trying to editorialize. I don't want there to be a message at the end of anything I write. Otherwise you wouldn't trust the characters. They'd feel less organic and more like puppets that are sharing the author's opinion. Benjamin Percy writingtryingcharacter In music industry they always want you to write something like the one that was popular. And that's something you kind of have to just - sometimes you just say yes to people, like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure," and then you just write the one you want to write. Benji Madden kindwritingpeople I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea I had was it was going to be really simple, I just want it to be all about the lyrics and I just literally sang the lyrics. Benji Madden simplewritingideas All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out. Benji Madden writingsongthinking In a notable family called Stein Bennett Cerf crazypoetrywriting Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which, I admit, are very good for the ordinary club player. But once you've reached a certain strength you get the impression that everything that Euwe writes is a lie. Bent Larsen writingbooklying«139140141142143144145146147148149»
