“That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.” PeopleWritingImportantChoicesGivenNationsOpinionPositionReaderPerceptionPagesPublishersColumnsEditorialsImplicit Author:Daniel Okrent
“The centerpiece of 'Law and Order' is the crime, and it starts with the writing. There's a beginning, a middle and an end. It allows the audience to watch any given episode and can drop right in and not feel lost. I think the stark, raw structure has a lot to do with its longevity.” ThinkingFeelsWritingEndsLawOrderLostGivenWatchesAudienceMiddleCrimeStructureEpisodesLongevityStarksLaw And OrderCenterpieces Author:Danny Pino
“And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could be that it would take me 12 more books at six years each to get it - which means I would have to live to be 126. Which I fully intend to do, of course.” KnowsWritingYearsMeanBookCoursesGivenSixAspirationTake MeAccommodate Author:George Saunders
“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
“I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well, there's an element of that that's either God-given, a talent that you're not necessarily responsible for.” PeopleWritingWellsArtArtistGivenTalentElementsResponsiblePerformingCraftsmanSpiritualismWriting WellPerforming Well Author:Al Franken
“I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.” WayWritingTryingUseShowsCertainSongGivenDifferencesResponsibilityTalkingFansListeningRadioMaking A DifferenceWriting Songs Author:Randy Owen
“I like writing. It keeps my mind off grim subjects. It's therapeutic in the same way a patient in an institution is given fingerpaints.” WayWritingMindGivenSubjectsInstitutionsPatientGrimTherapeutic Author:Woody Allen
“These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East. The secret is out, There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.” PeopleWayWritingTwoCountryGivenSecretRiskMiddleTerribleFindingsShadowThirdsConstitutionElectionMajorityIraqEastDecentVotingOverwhelmingMiddle EastPreparingIndicationUnfoldingInsurgency Author:Fouad Ajami
“The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT Pseudepigrapha,' is a label that scholars have given to these writings.” WritingMightNamesGivenLabelsGreekPensScholarClassification Author:Craig A. Evans
“I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it. The one thing I insist on with my own writing is that I won't let magic solve my characters' real world problems. The solutions have to come from the characters themselves.” WorldWritingRealCharacterProblemGivenBitsMy OwnMagicOne ThingSolutionsSolveSettingSettingsReal WorldWorld Problems Author:Charles de Lint
“The critic lives at second hand. He writes about. The poem, the novel, or the play must be given to him; criticism exists by the grace of other men's genius.” MenWritingPlayHandsGivenNovelGraceGeniusCriticismCriticsSecond Hand Book:Language and Silence Source: Language and Silence
“When I go beyond a certain range it's outside of my direct horizon therefore I've got to rely on the writings and personal communications given to me by other people that I know.... I've got to try to piece together some tentative information picture of what the whole thing is like, but I'm aware that it becomes more and more speculative as it becomes more and more second, third, fourth hand. And this applies to absolutely everyone.” PeopleKnowsWritingTryingWholeHandsTogetherCertainGivenPiecesInformationCommunicationDirectThirdsRangeRelyHorizonFourth Author:R. D. Laing