The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. Frank Zappa
My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people. Laurell K. Hamilton
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown. Henry Walter Bates
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect. Sissela Bok
We don't find it tough to sell gold; people love to buy jewelry. The only way to make your wife, sister or lover happy is to give them something that they love. T. S. Kalyanaraman
Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know. Stephen Pagliuca
God is a God who has not given up on His people. If He wanted to give up, He would have given up back in the Garden of Eden. Kirk Cameron
Folks, I mean to keep my word. And if I don't, I'll give you my address and some rope. That's real accountability. Stephen Fincher
I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give. Mortimer Adler
It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation. Monica Seles
Instead of waiting around for someone to give you a job, you have to go and create work for yourself. It took me a while to figure that out for myself. Will McCormack