#means

Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up. ↗

— George Saunders

#early #i #i write #know #meaning

Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green. ↗

— Evan Sayet

#barack obama #being #green #means #money

Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. He says what he means and says it so beautifully. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#bell #clear #everything #exquisite #like

Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#courses #credits #development #education #elimination

I guess any time you believe in God you've got to be considered a spiritual person. That would make me a spiritual person. But I don't really know what that means. ↗

— Jules Shear

#believe #considered #god #got #guess

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it. ↗

— Jules Shear

#i #me #means #rewriting #rewritten

I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich. ↗

— Allan Sherman

#am #beyond #getting #harder #i

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise. ↗

— Nate Silver

#how #information #learning #means #more

Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living. ↗

— John Agyekum Kufuor

#dubious #foreign #foreign lands #get #lands

To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#does #mean #means #preach #truth