Manuscript Quotes
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I am considered to be an intellectual actor and I also am one inasmuch as I want to be aware of what I am doing. But I never try to influence the writing of the manuscript.
Max Sydow
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[About being held up at an airport for refusing to be parted from the manuscript of her seventh "Harry Potter" book]: The heightened security restrictions on the airlines made the journey back from New York interesting, as I refused to be parted from the ...
J.K. Rowling
Keywords: about :: airlines :: airport :: an :: as :: at :: back :: be :: being :: book :: for :: from :: harry :: heightened :: held :: her :: interesting :: journey :: made :: manusc :: manuscript :: new :: of :: on :: parted :: potter :: refused :: refusing :: restrictions :: security :: seventh :: the :: to :: up :: yorkSource: imdb.com -
Sometimes I have given my husband a manuscript to read that has turned out to have fantastic rave reviews and he`ll tell me it is no good. Well, if I didn`t know him as well as I know him I would be terribly depressed.
Katherine Dunham
Keywords: and :: as :: be :: depressed :: didn :: fantastic :: given :: good :: has :: have :: he :: him :: husband :: if :: is :: it :: know :: ll :: manuscript :: me :: my :: no :: out :: rave :: read :: reviews :: sometimes :: tell :: terribly :: that :: to :: turned :: well :: wouldSource: brainyquote.com -
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Amit Yoran
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I was both thrilled and overjoyed when I heard about the re-discovery of this wonderful manuscript, a true original by an artist for the ages. This wonderful find brings back the excitement of fifteen years ago, when the Seminary celebrated the unearthing...
Charles Smith
Keywords: about :: ages :: ago :: an :: and :: artist :: back :: both :: brings :: by :: celebrated :: discovery :: excitement :: fifteen :: find :: for :: heard :: manuscript :: of :: original :: overjoyed :: re :: seminary :: the :: this :: thrilled :: true :: unearthing :: was :: when :: wonderful :: yearsSource: thinkexist.com -
I get like a melody that comes up and I try to write it down or record it. Hum it into a tape recorder or write it down on some manuscript paper. It could happen at any time, on the road or off the road, but mostly, you know, at home.
Paul Taylor
Keywords: and :: any :: at :: but :: comes :: could :: down :: get :: happen :: home :: hum :: into :: it :: know :: like :: manuscript :: melody :: mostly :: off :: on :: or :: paper :: record :: recorder :: road :: some :: tape :: that :: the :: time :: to :: try :: up :: write :: youSource: brainyquote.com -
I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.
James Herriot
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Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.
Alain Vais
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As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos.
Nicholas Meyer
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You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you`re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but on...
Isaac Asimov
Keywords: again :: and :: another :: but :: do :: drawer :: eat :: have :: head :: if :: in :: its :: keep :: let :: manuscript :: measure :: must :: never :: nothing :: of :: off :: on :: one :: only :: out :: re :: receive :: send :: sending :: some :: success :: talent :: that :: while :: will :: work :: working :: youSubject: Persistence Quotes :: Writing QuotesSource: quotationspage.com -
A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.
Ring Lardner
Keywords: addressed :: back :: big :: come :: editor :: enclosing :: enough :: envelope :: for :: good :: in :: is :: make :: manuscript :: many :: mistake :: much :: of :: self :: stamped :: temptation :: the :: this :: to :: too :: writers :: youngSubject: Writing QuotesSource: quotationspage.com
