#words

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

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Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them. ↗

— Patty Duke

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Words derive their power from the original word. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

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When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

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It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old. ↗

— George Eliot

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[Words] cling to the very core of our memories and lie there in silence until a new desire reawakens them and recharges them with loving energy. That is one of the qualities of love that moves me most, their capacity for transmitting love. Like water, words are a wonderful conductor of energy. And the most powerful, transforming energy is the energy of love. ↗

— Laura Esquivel

#words #love

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. ↗

— John Calvin

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They've got this house style which is writer driven. I heard of one person who sent his script in, and Karen Berger said there weren't enough words in it. Put some more in. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

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