“It's a roll of the dice in the movie business. I mean, every single movie is a roll of the dice. Any movie on paper could look like it's going to be fantastic. You know what I mean?” KnowsLooksMeanPaperFantasticDiceMovie Business Author:Kevin McKidd
“That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out!” FirstsBookAcceptancePaperExcitingNecksBagsTiedRopeTied UpPaper Bags Author:Robert McCloskey
“I am a scientist and I am a physician. So I write papers.” WritingPaperScientistPhysiciansPapers Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.” WritingStuffRoomsPaperSittingEmptyPerformingInterviews Author:Randy Newman
“Over the years, dozens of American companies have filed papers to trade in their U.S. corporate citizenship for citizenship in tax haven countries like Bermuda.” YearsCountryCompanyHavensTaxesPaperTradeCorporateDozenCitizenshipPapersBermuda Author:Richard Neal
“So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the structures and all the thoughts that paper could not. Since the computer could hold any structure in any form, this was the way to go.” WayAbleFormRecordsPaperComputerConnectionsStructureMediums Author:Ted Nelson
“The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.” WantIdeasSometimesFourWallPaperSpringPrisonConnectedFour Walls Author:Ted Nelson
“Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.” GonePaper Author:Ric Ocasek
“Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” InspirationalWritingFormEasyBloodPaperStaringBlankSheetsWriting AdviceWriting A BookForeheadsWriters And WritingFiction WritersBook WritingWriting By WritersStory WritersWriting WordsBlood FlowBlank PaperBlank Stares Author:Gene Fowler
“When the boy begins to understand that the visible point is preceded by an invisible point, that the shortest distance between two points is conceived as a straight line before it is ever drawn with pencil and paper...the fountain of all thought has been opened to him...the philosopher can reveal him nothing new, as a geometrician he has discovered the basis of all thought.” Has BeensTwoLinesBoysPaperLogicBasesDistancePhilosopherInvisibleCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningVisibleFountainPencilsStraight LinesNothing NewOntology Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“In my paper the fact the XY was not equal to YX was very disagreeable to me. I felt this was the only point of difficulty in the whole scheme...and I was not able to solve it.” WholeFactsAbleFeltEqualPaperLogicDifficultySolveCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningSchemesDisagreeableOntology Author:Werner Heisenberg
“You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be American.” WayWantFirstsClassCitizensPaperCitizenshipPapersJust LiveFirst Class Author:Eric Liu
“I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper.” ThinkingTwoBodyAbleCertainThreeVoiceFictionFivePaperProfessionFiction WritersSchizophrenic Author:Ridley Pearson
“I used to get my hair dyed at a place called Big Hair. It cost $15. They just used straight bleach, so my hair was the color of white lined paper, and my eyebrows looked like they were done with a thick black marker.” DoneBigsUsedBlackWhiteColorHairCostPaperThickEyebrowsMarkersBleachBig Hair Author:Amy Poehler
“I was coming back from Tel Aviv recently, and we had forty minutes of bumps. I got so scared I grabbed a paper and pen and put them in my pocket, just in case we crashed and I needed to write a letter from wherever we landed.” WritingCasesMinutesNeededPaperLettersScaredPocketsFortyPensComing BackBumpsPaper And Pen Author:Daniela Pestova
“With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.” HeartMayI CanUniverseEnjoySonKingsPaperSheetsMockGeeseLive FreeQuillsCourtesans Author:Pietro Aretino
“Of course a politician's promise isn't worth the paper it's written on.” CoursesWrittenPoliticianPromisePaperSillyAgreementPenaltiesProject ManagementOxymoronFunny OxymoronSilly Stupid Author:Russell Pearce
“It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.” PeopleKnowsPaperWho You Are Author:Taylor Phinney
“People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLooksStillsPaperAnnoyingNastyText Me Author:Zara Phillips
“People's - most people's job is talking about the future or like money not even in the present tense. It's not even paper.” PeopleJobsTalkingPaperTensePresent Tense Author:Colin Quinn
“I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in half, cut the edges to make a little eight-page booklet, break it up into squares and put in little stick men with little speech bubbles, and I'd have a spy story, a space story and a football story.” MenLittlesStoriesAgeSpaceHalfBreakCuttingWrittenFootballSpeechPaperSixPagesSticksSevenEdgesEightSquaresBubblesSheetsSpyFolds Author:Ian Rankin
“No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.” StillsBookMatterNextHellPaperAwardsBlankSheetsNothing New Author:Ian Rankin
“I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.” ProcessEnjoyCreativeDirectorsPaperCreative ProcessReally AmazingVisualizingWords On Paper Author:Alfonso Ribeiro
“I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock.” MeanPaperCorporationsFoundersPapers Author:Arthur Rock
“For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources.” IdeasReasonInspirationEnjoyDarkSourceMountainPaperSolutionsTheaterArisePensHikingThoughts And IdeasSacramento Author:James Rollins
“No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.” KnowsBookKidsTodayReadingEventsPaperCurrentsAppetiteLove Of ReadingNever Stop LearningGed Author:Michael J. Fox
“I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!” MadePiecesPaperDressesChineseCustomsMeasurementSilkTailors Author:Alicia Sacramone
“I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.” IfsThinkingWayProtectPaperDirectDo It Yourself Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I'm in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life - or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations.” WayFeelsYearsHardShowsFeelingsBitsRacePaperManifestationVery Beautiful Author:George Saunders
“Back in 1960, the paper dollar and the silver dollar both were the same value. They circulated next to each other. Today? The paper dollar has lost 95% of its value, while the silver dollar is worth $34, and produced a 2-3 times rise in real value. Since we left the gold standard in 1971, both gold and silver have become superior inflation hedges.” RealTodayValuesNextLostLeftPaperStandardsGoldDollarsSuperiorsSilverInflation1960sReal ValueGold And SilverGold Standard Author:Mark Skousen
“There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.” KnowsTryingRealMatterStatesDoneFactsUseProblemJobsFacesPresidentDifferencesLinesUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowRepublicanPaperDrawsCapitalismSouthSandTexasVentureCarolinaSouth CarolinaVultureLines In The Sand Author:Rick Perry
“A bureaucrat's idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it.” IdeasPaperCopiesBureaucracyCleaningFilesBureaucratsCleaning Up Author:Laurence J. Peter
“Sit down and get out a piece of paper and start making lists. Ask yourself, are you in harmony with the things in your life? Are you adopting superficial values? Are you giving your being enough room? Are you doing new and creative things?” GivingEnoughValuesAsksRoomsCreativePiecesBuddhismBalancePaperHarmonyDown AndListsSuperficialAdopting Author:Frederick Lenz
“That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know I'd find inconsistencies.” IfsKnowsCertainDecisionPrinciplesPaperCommitNarrativeInconsistency Author:Matt Stone
“If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter.” IfsWritingSometimesLossResultsOfficePaperMessagesConsequenceResponseAccessCommitMagazinesBossReportersCandor Author:Ron Suskind
“Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.” PaperPens Author:Todd Solondz
“People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldLiteratureQualityMediaPaperAppreciateGrantedEditorials Author:David Talbot
“To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.” FeelsPaperPerformers Author:Rod Taylor
“If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.” IfsWayShouldLooksDifferentSongRoomsTalkingPiecesInformationDesignPaperUniqueShould HaveEightBarsKicksFormulasArchitectBlankInitials Author:Ryan Tedder
“I was studying American politicians who were searching - allegedly - for American communists because it would put them on the front pages of the papers in their home towns.” HomeStudyFrontsPoliticianPaperPagesTownsCommunistPapersHome Town Author:Robert Vaughn
“I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.” ShouldHeartHardCompassionKindnessPaperConscienceMotherhoodHardshipMummyHard Words Book:The diary of a young girl Source: The diary of a young girl
“If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.” IfsWritingBookMightRomanceCultureNamesForgetLuckyPaperPopsListsIgnorantSpellsTopicsLitFascinationPop CultureChicksNew Yorkers Author:Jennifer Weiner
“Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to put into film or into a stage performance. In each form, one can communicate powerfully in different ways.” WayI CanDifferentMightAbleFilmFormStagePaperWeaknessAdvantagePerformancesCommunicateMediumsDifferent WaysStage Performance Author:Lawrence Wright
“Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."” IfsMenSaidWisdomHappensCoursesAcceptingPiecesHe ManOne DayOffersPaperAbuseRefuseVillageSquaresStay With Me Author:Gautama Buddha
“Everything becomes agitated. Ideas quick-march into motion like battalions of a grand army to its legendary fighting ground, and the battle rages. Memories charge in, bright flags on high; the cavalry of metaphor deploys with a magnificent gallop; the artillery of logic rushes up with clattering wagons and cartridges; on imagination's orders, sharpshooters sight and fire; forms and shapes and characters rear up; the paper is spread with ink - for the nightly labor begins and ends with torrents of this black water, as a battle opens and concludes with black powder.” WritingIdeasEndsCharacterFormOrderFightingBlackWaterImaginationMemoriesFireBattleShapesPaperLaborLogicSightArmyMetaphorSpreadRageMarchFlagsMagnificentInkLegendaryPowderWagonsArtilleryCavalry Author:Honore de Balzac
“...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have no self-respect and no respect for anybody or any institution....And I don't want to sound preachy or Victorian, but I'm tired of amorality in fiction and in real life. Immorality is a fascinating human dilemma that creates suspense for the readers and tension for the characters, but where is the tension in an amoral situation? When people have no personal code, nothing is threatening and nothing is meaningful.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingHumansPersonsBookRealSelfCharacterCareSoundFictionSituationReaderPaperInstitutionsTiredDon't CareMeaningfulReal LifeSuspenseCodeTensionSelf RespectFascinatingThreateningDollsDilemmaI'm TiredImmoralityVictorianNo RespectBooks And MoviesAmorality Author:Olive Ann Burns
“The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day is completely jam-packed, or you're away from your computer - carry a small paper notebook and write a sentence of description while you're waiting on line at a coffee shop. I think of this as baiting a hook. Even if you have a few days in a row where nothing comes except those ten words, I find that as long as you have to think about the novel enough to write ten words, the chances are that more will come.” IfsThinkingWritingLongImportantMatterEnoughWaitingLinesChanceNovelProgressTenPaperComputerSentencesTechniqueCoffeeStuckShopsDescriptionHookJamChances AreNotebookCoffee Shop Author:Naomi Novik
“There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper.” MenWayWritingGivenVisionPiecesMastersPaperBlindSilentHearingExceptionalDeafBlind ManSilent Man Author:Criss Jami
“Every year for New Years I write down all of my goals and dreams and put them in my Bible. At the end of the year I go and pull the paper out and check this off and check that off.” WritingYearsEndsDreamGoalPaperChecksNew YearDreams And Goals Author:NeNe Leakes