|

|

Advertisements

Sentences Quotes

You don’t think when you play music, you just try to play and be in it. It is the same for me when the writing is going really well. It’s the same kind of feeling. I’m just in it. It’s not the words, it’s not the sentences, I’m not aware of it. Then it’s good Picture Quote #1

I have to really think hard about how to structure sentences, and do more mapping when I sit down to write, so it does impose a certain discipline, intellectual and linguistic Picture Quote #1

Letters are meaningless unless put together correctly. Words are worthless unless backed by truth. Sentences are handed out and judged accordingly, but only genuinely honest men or women can create writings that change the world forever Picture Quote #1

The time is right to mix sentences with dirt and the sun with punctuation and rain with verbs Picture Quote #1

Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others Picture Quote #1

We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning Picture Quote #1

For all laws are general judgements, or sentences of the legislator; as also every particular judgement is a law to him whose case is judged Picture Quote #1

I didn’t understand that you could go to jail for the rest of your life for selling cocaine. I thought life sentences were for murderers. I didn’t know that you could get it for supplying something to someone that they asked you for Picture Quote #1

Sound waves do not die out. They travel forever and forever. All our sentences are immortal. Our useless bleatings circle the universe for all eternity Picture Quote #1

The sentences I write have their roots in song and poetry, and take their bearings from music and painting, as much as from the need to impart mere information, or mirror anything. I am not a realist writer, even if I seem like one Picture Quote #1

It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least one such person lives in your zip code Picture Quote #1

The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. A pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention Picture Quote #1

So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I’m hearing in my head. It takes a lot of work, writing, writing, and rewriting to get the music exactly the way you want it to be Picture Quote #1

Except in expert hands, stats can get in the way of story; an array of data that might better be presented in a table instead clogs up sentences Picture Quote #1

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book Picture Quote #1

I’ve always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man’s thinking or his writing Picture Quote #1

I’ll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you’re trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book Picture Quote #1

I don’t begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don’t mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey Picture Quote #1

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood Picture Quote #1

Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once Picture Quote #1

We have some writers so abstruse and deep that they drown themselves in their fathomless sentences Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren’t always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice Picture Quote #1

I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously Picture Quote #1

My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it’s because my head is too full of words, and I just need to get to my desk and start dumping them into a file. I always wake with sentences pouring into my head Picture Quote #1

A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren’t that terrific Picture Quote #1

A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don’t know how to write sentences Picture Quote #1

Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be Picture Quote #1

1 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - 11

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

You don’t think when you play music, you just try to play and be in it. It is the same for me when the writing is going really well. It’s the same kind of feeling. I’m just in it. It’s not the words, it’s not the sentences, I’m not aware of it. Then it’s good (Sentences Quotes) I have to really think hard about how to structure sentences, and do more mapping when I sit down to write, so it does impose a certain discipline, intellectual and linguistic (Sentences Quotes) Letters are meaningless unless put together correctly. Words are worthless unless backed by truth. Sentences are handed out and judged accordingly, but only genuinely honest men or women can create writings that change the world forever (Sentences Quotes) The time is right to mix sentences with dirt and the sun with punctuation and rain with verbs (Sentences Quotes) Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others (Sentences Quotes) We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time (Sentences Quotes) The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning (Sentences Quotes) For all laws are general judgements, or sentences of the legislator; as also every particular judgement is a law to him whose case is judged (Sentences Quotes) I didn’t understand that you could go to jail for the rest of your life for selling cocaine. I thought life sentences were for murderers. I didn’t know that you could get it for supplying something to someone that they asked you for (Sentences Quotes) Sound waves do not die out. They travel forever and forever. All our sentences are immortal. Our useless bleatings circle the universe for all eternity (Sentences Quotes) The sentences I write have their roots in song and poetry, and take their bearings from music and painting, as much as from the need to impart mere information, or mirror anything. I am not a realist writer, even if I seem like one (Sentences Quotes) It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word (Sentences Quotes) The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least one such person lives in your zip code (Sentences Quotes) The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. A pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention (Sentences Quotes) So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I’m hearing in my head. It takes a lot of work, writing, writing, and rewriting to get the music exactly the way you want it to be (Sentences Quotes) Except in expert hands, stats can get in the way of story; an array of data that might better be presented in a table instead clogs up sentences (Sentences Quotes) It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book (Sentences Quotes) I’ve always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence (Sentences Quotes) Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man’s thinking or his writing (Sentences Quotes) I’ll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you’re trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book (Sentences Quotes) I don’t begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don’t mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey (Sentences Quotes) He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood (Sentences Quotes) Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once (Sentences Quotes) We have some writers so abstruse and deep that they drown themselves in their fathomless sentences (Sentences Quotes) Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren’t always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice (Sentences Quotes) I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously (Sentences Quotes) My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it’s because my head is too full of words, and I just need to get to my desk and start dumping them into a file. I always wake with sentences pouring into my head (Sentences Quotes) A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren’t that terrific (Sentences Quotes) A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don’t know how to write sentences (Sentences Quotes) Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be (Sentences Quotes)

1 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - 11