E. L. Doctorow Quotes
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.E. L. Doctorow
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You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.'
RaeLynn -
Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why.
Warren Weaver -
Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.
Idi Amin -
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
Canelo Alvarez
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
Dallas Roberts -
I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
Maeve Binchy -
The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
Samuel Larsen -
The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
Earl Weaver -
My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
Olivier Martinez -
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
Baruch Spinoza -
Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
Cara Black -
I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.
Abbey Lee Kershaw -
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
A. C. Benson -
I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's, like, 60 - and it doesn't work.
Zachary Knighton -
I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
J. Cole
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Everyone deserves good love.
Denene Millner -
It's always easiest for me as a writer if I know I have a great ending. It can make everything else work. If you don't have a good ending, it's the hardest things in the world to come up with one. I always loved the ending of 'The Kite Runner,' and the scenes that are most faithful to the book are the last few scenes.
David Benioff -
There's no question that how Johannesburg operates is what made me interested in the idea of wealth discrepancy. 'Elysium' could be a metaphor for just Jo'burg, but it's also a metaphor for the Third World and the First World. And in science fiction, separation of wealth is a really interesting idea to mess with.
Neill Blomkamp -
I feel like I can't write something that has a real emotion in it if I can't connect to that emotion.
Frankie Cosmos -
[Edward Snowden and his team] they're great characters. They're fascinating people. They were in an extraordinary situation.
Zachary Quinto -
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
E. L. Doctorow