The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader. I don't care what literary device you might use, or belief systems you tap into--if you can make a story true for the reader, if you can give them a glimpse into another way of seeing the world, or another way that they can cope with their problems, then that story is a succes.
When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.
This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.
I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.
Every morning between 9 and 12 I go to my room and sit before a piece of paper. Many times, I just sit for three hours with no ideas coming to me. But I know one thing. If an idea does come between 9 and 12 I am there ready for it.
It was reported in the paper that President Bush received a 'warm reception' from the Daytona 500 drivers. Well sure, the drivers had never met anyone who was sponsored by more oil companies than they were.
When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the nigh. The biggest Slurpee you can find,half cherry half Coke. Pajama pants, the kind that have been washed so many times they are tissue-paper thin. And finally,dace breaks. Lots of dance breaks.
[Paper Girls] needed to have a certain kind of almost neon style to it, but at the same time we wanted also to show the modern perspective that we had.
The people that were socially awkward from my generation, they all had paper routes and that taught them the discipline of work.
No, I don't read the papers. I just look at the pictures.
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy-it's the occurring that's hard.
A lot of progressives really believe that if we can turn out one more white paper with bullet points about how to fix Problem X, we can fix it. But that's not primarily the way you reach people or move them. You reach the heart first.
Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.
Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there.
In my head, I wanted to be Madonna, but the music I was writing on paper was not what you'd choreograph dancers in costumes to. It was more coffee-house stuff.
Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!
Werewolf is a simple game for a large group of people (seven or more. ) It requires no equipment besides some bits of paper; you can play it just sitting in a circle. I’d call it a party game, except that it’s a game of accusations, lying, bluffing, second-guessing, assassination, and mob hysteria.
They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat. "Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper. "Make Harry get it. " "Get the mail, Harry. " "Make Dudley get it. " "Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley.