Subject: Communication » Reading/Writing (Page 4)

Authors with a mortgage never get writer’s block.

(1948 – ) English novelist
Communication Reading/Writing

Some people are widely read – I'm thinly read.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor
Communication Intelligence People Reading/Writing Self

Reading isn’t an occupation we encourage among police officers; we try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.

(1933 – 1967) English playwright
Communication Reading/Writing

Don't use a run-on sentence you got to punctuate it.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.

(1934 – 1982) English writer, comedian & actor
Reading/Writing Things

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that’s read by persons who move their lips when they’re reading to themselves.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
Communication Reading/Writing

I do all my writing in bed; everybody knows I do my best work there.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Places Reading/Writing

Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud; that's because 90% of everything is crud.

(1918 – 1985) science fiction author
Books Insults Reading/Writing

It was a dark and stormy night…

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Dictum on television scripts: We don't want it good – we want it Tuesday.

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter
Communication Entertainment Reading/Writing Television

Tabloid: A screamlined newspaper.

Communication Definitions Reading/Writing

Three years ago, I couldn't spell author. Now I am one.

Canadian hockey player, coach & commentator
Communication Hockey Reading/Writing Sports

Ransom notes.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor
Communication Money Reading/Writing

No matter which book you need, it's on the bottom shelf.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

A great zircon in the diadem of American literature.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter
Communication Insults Reading/Writing

I'm astounded by people who take 18 years to write something; that's how long it took that guy to write 'Madame Bovary,' and was that ever on the best-seller list?

(1946 – ) American actor
Communication Reading/Writing

I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish, I will know how it turned out.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director
Communication Death Reading/Writing

Anything in parentheses can be ignored.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

This report, by its very length, defends itself against being read.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Communication Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

You're looking at a very proud Canadian who is very proud of the educational system in Canadia…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Canada Communication Education Learning Places Reading/Writing

Like playing Beethoven on the kazoo.

(1938 – ) English academic, newspaper columnist & author
Communication Reading/Writing