“An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindBookVoiceComedyAdultsIntelligentLike MeEditorsHappy EndingsQuirky Author:Elinor Lipman
“Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there's one voice from the past that's also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually.” KnowsTwoStoriesPastVoiceLinesInterestingHappeningsTechniqueDrivingPhantoms Author:Jo Nesbo
“All can hear that still small voice within. Try it. Be still and know that the I AM within you is God, the Beloved. Listen... then live by it.” KnowsTryingStillsGodVoiceBelovedLive ByWithin YouSmall Voice Book:God Spoke to Me Source: God Spoke to Me
“Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.” KnowsVoiceAudienceColorUnderstoodPaintMusicalShadeNuance Author:Galina Vishnevskaya
“I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the back of my mind where I think I don't really know who I am. And it may make it a little easier to shift around in my narrative voice.” ThinkingKnowsWritingMindMayLittlesVoiceMysteryEffectsEasierProfoundWho I AmNarrativeAbidingOf My MindNarrative Voice Author:Gillian Welch
“When you're a kid and you're trying to find your own voice, it's rather daunting to hear somebody like Howlin' Wolf, because you know that you'll never achieve that.” KnowsTryingKidsVoiceAchieveHowlin Wolf Author:Tom Waits
“I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a writer, y'know? And a world I could call my own.” KnowsWorldWantVoiceMy OwnNicheClique Author:Tom Waits
“I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.” PeopleKnowsGivingIdeasVoiceIntentionLike MeBest Intentions Author:Carl Lewis
“I can go into a playground of kids that don't know anything about Christianity, lead them to the Lord in a matter of, just no time at all, and just moments later they can be seeing visions and hearing the voice of God, because they're so open. They are so usable in Christianity.” KnowsI CanMatterMomentsKidsVoiceChristianityVisionLordSeeingHearingPlaygroundsVoice Of God Author:Becky Fischer
“You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars.” KnowsVoiceThousandDollarsDearFiftyRetorts Author:Miriam Hopkins
“I hear so many of the young people today sing and I think they have a good voice, yet I wonder if they'll ever know that they sound alike.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTodayYoungSoundVoiceWonder Author:Connie Smith