No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. Use this quote
The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship. Use this quote
I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality. Use this quote
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity. Use this quote
Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. Use this quote
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. Use this quote
The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire. Use this quote
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment. Use this quote
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear. Use this quote
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make. Use this quote
I certainly derived my skills as a prose writer from my scrutiny of poetry and of the individual word. But schools don't do things like that anymore - tracking words down to their roots. Use this quote
The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words. Use this quote
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Use this quote
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand. Use this quote
Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture. Use this quote
Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for. Use this quote
In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words. Use this quote
In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables. Use this quote
An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words. Use this quote
Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of the new millennium are not being reached. Fine words have not yet been turned into deeds. Use this quote