E. B. White Quotes
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
E. B. White
Quotes to Explore
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
Vanilla Ice
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
Sam Trammell
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
Becca Fitzpatrick
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I can do whatever I want.
Karl Lagerfeld
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
Sam Mendes
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Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.
Bob Taft
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The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
Washed Out
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When you write fiction, there were things about Washington that I've experienced and wanted to write about, including the swamping nature of it, the compromises people come to town and are forced to make, and also, when writing about Joe McCarthy, the indecency and lies that he put forward that people didn't take a stand about.
Jake Tapper
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The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that...you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And the funny thing about that is, you think, 'Okay, that's hard because you're climbing up a rock face, and you don't know where you're going, and you don't know where the top is, you can't see what's below you...' But actually the hardest part about climbing a mountain blindfolded is just finding the mountain.
Michael Arndt
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Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.
John Locke
Nazareth
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Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
E. B. White