And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War. Use this quote
My dad taught me true words you have to use in every relationship. Yes, baby. Use this quote
He who keeps his cool best wins. Use this quote
Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government? Use this quote
I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens. Use this quote
I worked at Salon.com way back when they started, and there's just unmeasurable value to distributing words online, too, but I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. Use this quote
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it. Use this quote
None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel. Use this quote
It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. Use this quote
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. 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
Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds. Use this quote
I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it. Use this quote
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. Use this quote
The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people. Use this quote
It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me. Use this quote
The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community. Use this quote
Even when I begin with a situation that's basically funny or sad, I like to keep poking around in it. I like to get into the middle of a relationship, to explore the subtle places. Use this quote
In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn. Use this quote
Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like. Use this quote
