#range

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. ↗

— Truman Capote

#does #fine #just #knowing #laws

If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. ↗

— George Carlin

#beat #beaten #them #you

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#having #i #i think #more #mysteriously

My career has been a bit strange. I don't think it took the normal route. ↗

— Fred Ward

#bit #career #i #normal #route

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#arranged #candidates #during #election #first

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#arrangement #choosing #composure #consists #few

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#best way #cards #enough #face #lay

It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#attached #being #challenge #character #create

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. ↗

— Willa Cather

#artist #best #character #creative #deepest

Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made. ↗

— Bruce Catton

#certainty #down #imagination #later #leads