“A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up his pride.” LittlesGivenBitsWrittenPrideLittle BitPassagesGiven UpStink Author:J. D. Salinger
“Gatekeeper was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I havent written many like that.” WayTryingMindFirstsLittlesEndsBitsResultsWrittenFiguresApproachLittle BitBoundariesSongwritingEnd ResultsGatekeepers Author:Feist
“I think there's great value to the Associated Press and to Reuters, but if you wanted to generate original content, maybe written by local writers, it just takes a little bit of openness to open your pages up to a wider freelance writer pool, and then you might find new voices and a wider array of voices, and definitely more original content that can't be found anywhere else.” IfsThinkingLittlesMightWantedValuesFoundBitsVoiceWrittenLittle BitPagesOriginalsPressesLocalsOpennessPoolGreat Value Author:Dave Eggers
“As much as I revere great writing, and am still humbled by it, literary activities are no longer esoteric to me. When I read a great novel - something that I could never have written myself - I'm still looking at it a little bit like a technician.” WritingLittlesStillsBitsNovelWrittenActivityLittle BitEsotericGreat WritingTechniciansGreat Novels Author:Jonathan Lethem
“I've written a lot about drugs and alcohol. I wouldn't say it's because we've gotten bigger or anything, but I kind of feel a little bit done with it. There are other things to talk about.” FeelsKindLittlesDoneBitsWrittenDrugLittle BitBiggerAlcoholDrugs And Alcohol Author:Craig Finn
“I am very glad, Anderson, that secretary Clinton discovered religion on this issue but it's a little bit too late. Secretary Clinton supported virtually every one of the disastrous trade agreements written by corporate America.” LittlesAmericaBitsIssuesWrittenLateLittle BitTradeClintonGladCorporateToo LateAgreementSecretaryCorporate AmericaTrade Agreements Author:Bernie Sanders
“I always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to my father's judgment. But, of course, he's such a fond father that he always writes back, saying it's the greatest thing ever written.” WritingLittlesBookCoursesFatherBitsWrittenJudgmentLittle BitNew BooksWince Author:Emma Donoghue
“Young people have been ill-educated, mis-educated, propagandized. I see it in everything I read written by young people. You can spot it a mile away, their ignorance. And it's coupled with they think they're the only people that know. They're arrogant. They're a little bit smarmy about what they think they know and nobody else does, which is a characteristic of young people anyway. I was that way when I was young.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLittlesDoeHas BeensYoungBitsWrittenIgnoranceLittle BitIllMilesEducatedSpotsCharacteristicsArrogantMiles Away Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care either. Which is why every time somebody cares enough to read a novel of mine, or respond to it - a reader, a reviewer, even my own editor - I'm a little bit amazed, and so hugely grateful.” WritingLittlesIdeasEnoughCareBitsMy OwnNovelWrittenMinesReaderLittle BitGratefulEditorsAmazedPublishReviewers Author:Lauren Grodstein
“As I grew a little bit older and got interested in law, I read that Clarence Darrow didn't believe in the Bible either. So I read everything he had ever written, all of his trials, everything - to search out the philosophy of his disbelief.But I couldn't find it.” BelieveLittlesPhilosophyLawBitsWrittenGrewLittle BitTrialsIn-lawsDisbelief Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair