#piece

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. ↗

— Harold Ross

#back #day #few #filled #his

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#assistance #breaking #broken #broken-glass #commuity

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#bed #day #every #explosion #i

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#greatest #know #pieces #wisdom #you

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#community #dealing #fiction #gay #gay community

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#good #like #material #open #ought

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much. ↗

— Alejandro Amenabar

#elements #finished #many #much #music

I still buy nice pieces but, at the moment, they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously. ↗

— Michael Aspel

#collect #i #moment #nice #only

What I will learn over the years will be of benefit and interest to me personally but, as far as the program is concerned, I'm the mouthpiece of the viewers as well. ↗

— Michael Aspel

#benefit #concerned #far #i #interest

Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces. ↗

— Jack Benny

#forty #ham #hors #into #oeuvre