“The difference between a writer who toughs it out and one who doesn't is that you push through the parts where you know that you've just written seven pages when all you're looking for is one paragraph.” KnowsDifferencesWrittenPagesSevenParagraph Author:Anne Lamott
“I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.” HomeDifferencesCitiesWritten Author:David Byrne
“I remember reading a book set in the future, it was written in the 1870s projecting to 1920, and this time traveler said you couldn't tell the difference between men and women. He saw what was coming.” MenSaidBookRememberReadingDifferencesSawsWrittenMen And WomenTime TravelTravelerDifferences Between Man And Woman Author:Vivienne Westwood
“I HAVE no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary.” MenChildrenSchoolBornNaturalDifferencesEffortMoralBoysCareersTeachWrittenObjectsBabyCreatingUniversityBe GoodProofContraryTalesChainsAgencyApplicationSteadySoleHypothesisPretensionNurseryImpliedUnqualifiedNo PatienceProfessional CareerI Have No Patience Book:Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences Source: Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences
“Could it be argued that if the Chinese revolution seems to be a response to the needs of rural society, whereas the Russian is an urbanized phenomenon, this difference corresponds to that which exists between the users of two different forms of written communication, the one archaic, the other alphabetic?” IfsNeedsTwoDifferentSeemsFormDifferencesWrittenCommunicationRevolutionResponseChinesePhenomenonUsersChinese Revolution Author:Eric A. Havelock
“I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at the end of the day and I'm an actor who wants to explore those characters in fantastically written scripts. The only caveat is a good story is a good character.” WantEndsCharacterStoriesActionActorsDifferencesRolesWrittenPerformancesScriptsThe End Of The DayCaptureGood StoryGood Character Author:Andy Serkis
“But it's never just been the journals that have made the difference, I don't think. It's also the way the students are with one another . . . the way they talk about books and authors and themselves. Not just their problems, but their passions too. The way they form a little society and discuss whatever matters to them. Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesMadeBookMatterProblemLightFormPassionDifferencesFireWrittenStudentsEmptyFilledJournalFilled In Author:Meg Wolitzer
“The Pavlovian view of women voters - plug the words in, and they will respond - sends a chill down my spine because it sounds like an adaptation of something I have written about communication between the sexes: When a woman tells a man about a problem, she doesn't want him to fix it; she just wants him to listen and let her know he understands. But there's a difference between a private conversation and a presidential election, between what we want from our leaders.” KnowsMenWantProblemSexSoundWomenDifferencesViewsLeaderDemocracyWrittenCommunicationConversationElectionPresidentialVotersAdaptationChillSpineWant HimPlugsPresidential Election Author:Deborah Tannen
“A key difference between Christianity and Islam is that Muslims believe that the Koran contains verbatim the word of God; it is written in the imperative. This precludes a comparison with Christianity.” BelieveDifferencesChristianityWrittenKeysIslamComparisonWord Of GodImperativesChristianity And Islam Author:Geert Wilders
“We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors. You can't wash away your life's history, which is written on your face, unless you get a facelift.” ThinkingFilmFacesActorsDifferencesLevelsFictionWrittenYour FaceDocumentariesFacelifts Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“If a poem is written well, it was written with the poet's voice and for a voice. Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument.” IfsWellsReadingVoiceDifferencesWrittenPoetInstrumentsStaringSheetsHummingSheet Music Author:Robert Pinsky