Being Concise Quotes

#1. I'm just getting to know myself. I'm no wherwhere near to being concise about it yet. I can't define myself. Wait a minute - I'm angry, I'm funny and I'm trying.

James Marsters

#2. The worst thing about being concise with people is the game of puzzle you've made them play.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#3. What modern technology has done has afforded us the luxury of abbreviation and being concise with time, I think. Things that it would take you a week to do can now be done in a day, which is absolutely awesome because you can concentrate on the bigger picture.

Justin Broadrick

#4. The language of poetry is not stuck in place. Nothing can own language. I think, however, the genre of poetry itself is very feminine and motherly.

Kim Hyesoon

#5. It almost seems that if you can describe it, you can change it.

Ross Bleckner

#6. I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

Eric Roth

#7. Where love is absent, violence is a glaring possibility. Introduce love into any situation and violence gradually evaporates.

Pooja Ruprell

#8. Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be as concise as possible and still getting across to the reader. When information is delivered in that way, it is very satisfying to me.

Susan Minot

#9. The crowds were just crying out, "Crucify him, crucify him" with unified rage and intent. And in the backdrop of this rejection of the Son of God, the New Testament Church was beginning to form and write letters to encourage each other in the faith.

Greg Gordon

#10. With screenplays, it's all about being as concise as possible. If you have a scene that's set in a bar, you just have to write, 'Interior: Bar.'

David Benioff

#11. I like to do 'Garfield Mondays': lasagna and napping in a box.

Chris Pratt

#12. Murder develops. Yes, like a photograph, isn't it?" "It's very much like photography really," said Dermot. "Quite a good comparison of yours.

Agatha Christie

#13. Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

Alexandre Dumas