Quotes About Pithy Writing

#1. Strong and in control - I don't necessarily feel that way. I'm a little bit more scattered in my life. I'm more of a street girl, in a way.

Rene Russo

#2. Writing, for me, means humility. It's a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you're writing honestly.

Kiran Desai

#3. To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.

Anne Sweeney

#4. I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature.

Victor Salva

#5. The best kind of praise is intelligent praise.

Rachel Heffington

#6. Give glory to God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#7. I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
(Letter 16, 1657)

Blaise Pascal

#8. It's not the time we spend but how we spend the time that truly tells our story.

Tonya Hurley

#9. I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.

Orson Scott Card

#10. Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy, but it can easily cause confusion and obscurity and must be used with skill.

Bergen Evans

#11. Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

Padma Lakshmi

#12. The seasons will go on without us and other poets will speak of love

Bruce Meyer

#13. Biblical counseling is listening to a person long enough until you hear a violation of scripture.

Henry R Brandt

#14. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability. I don't know why. I know I can play these roles, but they're certainly not the only roles I can play.

Kari Matchett