“I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my stage, and men and women my players exhibited in a 'dumb' show.” MenStillsShowsNovelPlayerStageMen And WomenDumbCanvasRepresentationShow MeMy ThoughtsMethodology Author:William Hogarth
“Some people will say, "Why read a comic book? It stifles the imagination. If you read a novel you imagine what people are like. If you read a comic, it's showing you." The only answer I can give is, "You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn't want to see it on the stage?” PeopleIfsWantGivingMeanDoeI CanBookPlayImaginationAnswersNovelImagineStageComicComic BookShakespeare Play Author:Stan Lee
“If I am a prolific writer and turn my hand, with what seems to some as indecent haste, from novels to screenplays to stage and radio plays, it is because there is so much to be said, so few of us to say it, and time runs out.” IfsSaidPlayHandsSeemsRunningTurnsNovelStageRadioHasteScreenplaysRadio Plays Author:Fay Weldon
“Jeremy Popkin's collection of first-person narratives of the Haitian Revolution is an extremely valuable work, accessible, sound and intelligent. I only wish such a book had been available fifteen years ago when I was in the early stages of researching my series of novels. Popkin has been deft and tactful in stitching together these excerpts, and as a result, he manages to tell a complete version of the Revolution almost entirely in the words of the people who experienced it-this book engaged me deeply.” PeopleYearsFirstsPersonsHas BeensBookTogetherWishSoundResultsNovelStageRevolutionYears AgoIntelligentSeriesAvailableValuableVersionsManageNarrativeEngagedCollectionsFifteenFirst PersonFifteen YearsHaitianHaitian Revolution Author:Madison Smartt Bell
“At a very early stage of the novel's development I get this urge to collect bits of straw and fluff, and to eat pebbles. Nobody will ever discover how clearly a bird visualizes, or if it visualizes at all, the future nest and the eggs in it.” IfsBitsNovelStageDevelopmentBirdUrgesEggsNestsStrawsPebblesFluff Book:Strong opinions Source: Strong opinions
“By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison. But below that, there's a part of us that responds to the Who bashing their instruments to pieces on the stage. There's a very primitive part that says, "Do it some more."” WritingLooksOrderNovelPiecesStageHorrorInstrumentsComparisonDisorderPrimitiveInexplicable Book:Bare bones: conversations on terror with Stephen King Source: Bare bones: conversations on terror with Stephen King
“I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I begin a novel because I know I have space to fail.” KnowsFeelsStoriesDiesSpaceNovelComedyFailingStageShort StoryFrightStage Fright Author:Sefi Atta
“I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.” ThinkingCharacterVoiceTermNovelStageElementsDevelopingPersonaComedicLiterary Terms Author:Ted Alexandro
“When you're depressed, you know, it's like the world has ended. Even getting out of bed takes the most massive amount of effort. But when you're manic, oh, it's so addicting. You know, I have finished novels in two weeks in manic stages.” KnowsWorldTwoEffortNovelWeekStageAmountBedFinishedMassiveTwo WeeksManic Author:Sherman Alexie
“I would much rather not be the center of attention, and I'd much rather travel and be writing my novel, rather than standing on a stage and trying to get people to understand something.” PeopleWritingTryingAttentionNovelStageStandingCenter Of Attention Author:Willis Earl Beal
“I'm in that very preliminary stage of wondering how exactly to "pressurize" the novel in some way I've never considered before.” WayWonderNovelStage Author:Mark Leyner