#mit

Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on. ↗

— Buddy Ebsen

#increases #limits #long #paper #value

We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit: death. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#discouraging #humiliating #limit #very

We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families. ↗

— David Elkind

#commitment #families #frequent #love #may

I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding just that perfect combination of words to describe a curl of the lip, a tilt of the chin, a change in the atmosphere. Done well, novel-writing can combine lyricism with practicality in a way that makes one think of grand tapestries, both functional and beautiful. Fifty years from now, I imagine I’ll still be questing after just that right combination of words. ↗

— Lauren Willig

#wordsmithing #writing #beauty

Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#characters #christian #cinematic #committed #completely

The scope of material I can work with is not limited to the set of things that we inherit from nature. ↗

— Drew Endy

#i can #inherit #limited #material #nature

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday's news. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#cameraman #capturing #into #news #phone

I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion. I now intend to focus on the remaining dates of the Westlife tour and my commitments to the band before looking to rebuild a future for my wife, my three children and myself. ↗

— Shane Filan

#band #before #came #children #commitments

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later. ↗

— Bob Filner

#change #committed #continue #courage #determination

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities. ↗

— Guy Finley

#possibilities #present #understanding #your