“None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior.” Quote by James Thayer
“My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.” IdeasNovelOriginalsCompellingRare Things Author:James Thayer
“I've never discovered the idea for my next novel while I was still working on the current novel. Other writers don't suffer this.” StillsIdeasSufferingNextNovelCurrents Author:James Thayer
“I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I'm envious.” WritingYearsI CanMillionsNovelFourEnviousStanleyMasons Author:James Thayer
“When I was hired by the University of Washington extension school to teach the one-year fiction writing course - 96 classroom hours - I quickly determined that I knew only about an hour's worth off the top of my head.” WritingYearsSchoolCoursesHoursFictionTeachUniversityDeterminedClassroomExtensionsFiction Writing Author:James Thayer
“I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.” WritingFirstsStrongFictionClassTaughtMonthsTechniqueFiction WritingFirst Class Author:James Thayer
“My students - all adults - bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the class progresses.” WritingFirstsClassProgressStudentsSkillsAdultsGet BetterFirst ClassWriting Skills Author:James Thayer
“I need time to develop the idea into a plot before I talk about it.” NeedsIdeasPlotTime Of NeedI Need Time Author:James Thayer
“I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and know that South African music was still alive.” KnowsWantStillsWantedAliveUniqueSouthSouth AfricaAfrican Music Author:Letta Mbulu
“I always knew I was going to come home at some point, and I wanted to have a name for myself.” HomeWantedNamesComing Home Author:Letta Mbulu
“First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our laws and undermines national security efforts.” PeopleFirstsCountryGovernmentFormLawEffortSecurityOur CountryDriversProvidingNational SecurityLicenseMockeryForms Of GovernmentIdentificationLicensesDrivers License Author:Bobby Jindal