“Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that, I think the main reason I can be so prolific is the huge amount of planning I do before I start to write. I do a very complete, chapter-by-chapter outline of every book I write. When I sit down to write, I already know everything that's going to happen in the book. This means I've done all the important thinking, and I can relax and enjoy the writing. I could never write so many books if I didn't outline them first.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingFirstsWellsMeanI CanImportantBookReasonDoneHappensEnjoyWrittenHugeAmountPlanningRelaxChaptersOutlines Author:R. L. Stine
“I was just on Broadway for four months, and the amount of fan mail that arrived at the theater was just overwhelming. I mean, I had no idea! I guess people suddenly had access to me and knew where to find me, so they got me there, and I was amazed.” PeopleMeanIdeasFourFansMonthsAmountTheaterAccessNo IdeaOverwhelmingMailAmazedBroadwayFind MeFan Mail Author:Sonya Walger
“There is no better test as to whether a man is really preaching the New Testament gospel of salvation than the fact that some people might misunderstand it and misinterpret it to mean that it really amounts to this–that because you are saved by grace alone it does not matter at all what you do, that you can go on sinning as much as you like because it will abound all the more to the glory of grace. That is a very good test of gospel preaching. If my preaching and presentation of the gospel of salvation does not expose it to that misunderstanding, then it is not the gospel.” PeopleIfsMenMeanDoeMatterFactsMightGraceGoes OnAmountGloryTestsSalvationVery GoodSavedPreachingTestamentMisunderstandingNew TestamentPresentationSinningSaved By Grace Author:Martyn
“If you want to do this - either write for TV, or write books - the first thing you have to do is write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount.” IfsWantWritingFirstsMeanBookTvsAmountRidiculous Author:Josh Lieb
“Getting out of Russia was the best thing my parents did. I mean, that country will never amount to anything.” MeanCountryParentAmountRussiaBest Things Author:Gary Shteyngart
“No other technique for the conduct of life attaches the individual so firmly to reality as laying emphasis on work; for his work at least gives him a secure place in a portion of reality, in the human community. The possibility it offers of displacing a large amount of libidinal components, whether narcissistic, aggressive or even erotic, on to professional work and on to the human relations connected with it lends it a value by no means second to what it enjoys as something indispensable to the preservation and justification of existence in society.” GivingHumansMeanRealityValuesIndividualEnjoyCommunityWorkExistencePossibilityAmountOffersRelationConnectedTechniqueSecureAggressivePortionsJustificationIndispensablePreservationEmphasisComponentsEroticNarcissisticHuman RelationsProfessional Work Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud
“The supply of good fellows is by no means in excess of the demand. A man has only to hoist the flag of hospitality to insure a very considerable amount of custom.” MenMeanAmountDemandFellowsCustomsExcessFlagsHospitality Book:The novels of R.S. Surtees Source: The novels of R.S. Surtees
“Spending by government currently amounts to about 45 percent of national income. By that test, government owns 45 percent of the means of production that produce the national income. The U.S. is now 45 percent socialist.” MeanGovernmentProduceAmountPercentTestsProductionsSpendingIncomeSocialist Author:Milton Friedman