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writing hair fire
Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up... Charles Dickens
writing numbers gold
Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. Charles Caleb Colton
writing language nonsense
It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk sense in languages that are living.
writing men profound
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
writing faces privacy
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
writing men three
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
writing should-have fire
We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.
writing self hints
The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author's that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon.
writing two style
When I meet with any persons who write obscurely or converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect two things; first, that such persons do not understand themselves; and secondly, that they are not worthy of being understood by others.
derivatives regulation unnecessary
Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated by professionals is unnecessary. Alan Greenspan
derivatives insult accounting
To say accounting for derivatives is Americais a sewer is an insult to sewage. Charlie Munger
derivatives television democratic
Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium. Dan Harmon
derivatives titles compliment
Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around. Calista Flockhart
derivatives ugly computer
Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative. Larry Wall
derivatives should trading
Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. Paul Singer
derivatives meaning-of-life forgotten
A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we have transcended ourselves, when we have forgotten ourselves and become absorbed in someone (or something) outside ourselves Irvin D. Yalom
derivatives morality stem
Morality is always derivative. It stems from one's worldview. Nancy Pearcey
derivatives commodity more-money
Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities. Sebastian Faulks
fantasy problem enough
The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape. China Mieville
fantasy-novels spy horror
I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels. Benjamin Percy
fantasy astronomy biomedical
I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting. Elizabeth Moon
fantasy fiction genres matters medical offer science technology
One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives. Tansy Rayner Roberts
fantasy-love affair bizarre
My biggest fantasy love affair was with Dustin Hoffman. It's so bizarre. Also Anthony Hopkins. Debra Messing
fantasy globe hear mind people pure throughout
Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it's not just the building, it's the only place you can hear this kind of work. Mark Rylance
fantasy trouble brevity
This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity. Brandon Sanderson
fantasy heard rumors
We heard rumors over the years that Fantasy was on the market, but nothing materialized, John Fogerty
fantasy fast prisoners
'The Black Prism' is a story of emperors and prisoners and magic set in a Mediterranean, 1600-esque world. It's a fantasy story; it's fast and fun and inventive. Brent Weeks