763 Quotes About Pieces


  • Author Terry Southern
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    Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States.

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  • Author Vin Scully
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    When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.

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  • Author William Shatner
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    I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.

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  • Author William Stafford
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    A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies goes off in my mind. That's not a question to ask anyone but yourself.

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  • Author Anne Tyler
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    Reading any piece of writing aloud is an acid test, particularly when it comes to dialogue. There were writers I'd always admired who suddenly rang false when I spoke their words in our living room.

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  • Author David Tudor
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    I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

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  • Author Donna Tartt
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    Always remember, the person we’re really working for is the person who’s restoring the piece a hundred years from now. He’s the one we want to impress.

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