Firsts Quotes - Page 310

The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the more the book teaches you its internal rules.

I've found that my first drafts are not so special. But the more I work on them, the better they get. They are more unique and defensible.

As a writer I'm essentially just trying to impersonate a first-time reader, who picks up the story and has to decide, at every point, whether to keep going.

Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.'

Your first responsibility is to yourself and to your own goodness of heart.

What evil does first in the world, maybe, is distract us from our pursuit of goodness.

My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older.

Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.

First rule, stick them with the pointy end!

"Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei."

There are two kinds of writers. There are architects and gardeners. The architects do blueprints before they drive the first nail. The gardeners just dig a hole and plant the seed and see what comes up.

The first rule of style is to have something to say. The second rule of style is to control yourself when, by chance, you have two things to say; say first one, then the other, not both at the same time.

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.

Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.

The first movies, they just put up a camera and had a train come into a train station, and everybody was amazed. That was sort of all technology.

I'd be the first person to say I can't write dialogue. My dialogue is very utilitarian and is designed to move things forward. I'm not Shakespeare. It's not designed to be poetic.

After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They look at your first film and they say, "Oh well, we don't want you anymore."

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. What you’ve really got to do is focus on learning as much about life, and about various aspects of it first.

I must admit I suffered a bit when I first came to England. But then I realised that there was nothing to be intimidated by, everybody had two legs.

The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

The first dish pleaseth all.

The first blow is as much as two.